A review by gadicohen93
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin

3.0

Listened to audiobook — 3.5, nothing special, a description of Abraham Lincoln's managerial skills. Seemed like a great head of HR. Articulates a philosophy of leadership as aggressive consensus-building, which seems correct. Seward was an interesting character, a big personality, rival turned friend; Chase was a holier-than-thou radical, McClellan an incompetent general. The Gettysburg Address is quite a beautiful and vital short speech, read fully here, that caused the audience to sit in a shocked silence. Spoiler alert: Lincoln dies in the end, but the context, the milieu, the aftermath is missing. The book never goes into full analytical detail of movements on the ground, and while seamlessly written, it doesn't really pack a punch.