Lincoln's Antiwar Record

February 27, 2007 | This article appeared in the March 12, 2007 edition of The Nation.

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Looking for a model lawmaker who called a President to account for launching a war on fabricated grounds? Consider Illinois Representative Abraham Lincoln's rebuke of James Polk.

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Eric Foner

Eric Foner, a member of The Nation’s editorial board, is the DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia...

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