Crisis of the House Divided

This definitive analysis of the Lincoln-Douglas debates is “one of the most influential works of American history and political philosophy ever published ( National Review ). In Crisis of the House Divided , noted conservative scholar and historian Harry V. Jaffa illuminates the political principles that guided Abraham Lincoln from his reentry into politics in 1854 through his Senate campaign against Stephen Douglas in 1858. Through critical analysis of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Jaffa demonst