Team of Rivals

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by Doris Kearns Goodwin · 2005

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln is a 2005 biography of Abraham Lincoln and the political figures he appointed to his cabinet during the American Civil War. It examines how Lincoln managed former electoral rivals—including Edward Bates, Salmon P. Chase, and William H. Seward—to lead the Union and navigate the conflict.