Don H. Doyle is McCausland Professor of History at the University of South Carolina. He is the author or editor of several books, including The Cause of All Nations and Secession as an International Phenomenon.
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When Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, he realized that the Civil War had taken on a wider significance-that in Europe and Latin America people were watching to see whether the democratic experiment in 'government by the people' would 'per... SEE MORE