Along with all those books about Lincoln, Obama might read some biographies of Napoleon. The general who established the Legion d'Honneur understood that people fought as much for medals as for morals.
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It has always seemed to me that Barack Obama has studied intensely and learned a great deal from Lincoln.
Lincoln would love the fact that Obama is such a great conciliator, trying to transcend ideology.
I teethed on books of heroes such as Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln and King David.
As a schoolboy, I read most of Carl Sandburg's six-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln.
Barack Obama is an elegant and literate man with a cosmopolitan sense of the world. He is widely read in philosophy, literature, and history - as befits a former law professor - and he has shown time and again a surprising interest in contemporary fiction.
President Obama's record on national security is a tribute to his strength, and judgment, and to his preference for inclusion and partnership over partisanship.
Obama does seem to have what both FDR and Lincoln had, which is the recognition that you have to hold back at times and then wait to come forward.
When Lincoln ran into trouble during the Civil War, he got new generals. He brought in Grant. I hope that President Obama will bring in some new generals on the financial front.
I once read that there are more biographical works about Napoleon Bonaparte than any other man in history.
I've always enjoyed reading history, particularly presidential biographies.
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