Lincoln and the RadicalsSometimes, in American politics, a conflict becomes so heated and divisiveas the conflict over slavery didthat the ground is set for civil war. Abraham Lincoln, a pragmatist who wanted to rebuild national unity, ran up against the radicals in his own party who insisted on a rigid solution, regardless of the cost to the country., ISBN13: 9780299002749 ISBN10: 0299002748 Material Type: paperback