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The Roundtable

"Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America" by Steve Inskeep

By Joe Donahue
Published February 26, 2024 at 11:11 AM EST
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Steve Inskeep is a cohost of NPR’s Morning Edition, the most widely heard radio program in the United States. His new book, "Differ We Must," is an exploration of Abraham Lincoln’s political acumen, illuminating a great politician’s strategy in a country divided—and lessons for our own disorderly present.

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