Lincoln on leadership for today : Abraham Lincoln's approach to twenty-first-century issues / Donald T. Phillips.

Includes bibliography and index.

A just and generous and prosperous system.--Nonintervention in other countries as a sacred principle of international law.--To emancipate the mind.--Rising with the occasion.--The eternal struggle between right and wrong.--The tendency of prosperity to breed tyrants.--The better angels of our nature.--With firmness in the right.--The middle ground.--No less than national.--The fiery trial.--The thunderbolt.--A more elevated position.--A fair chance in the race of life.--This terrible, bloody war.--With malice toward none.--Peace with all nations.

Based on a lifelong study of Lincoln's life, writings, and speeches, the author offers compelling ideas on how Lincoln would employ his exemplary leadership and executive style.