It would seem that among American presidents there was no less suitable than ABRAHAM LINCOLN, the only one of the occupants of the White House whose formal education was limited to a year in elementary school, and whose political career was limited to one term in Congress before being nominated for the highest office (unsuccessful) and two campaigns for a seat in the Senate (lost both times). He was elected president only because half a dozen far more distinguished statesmen blocked each other's nomination. Lincoln took power without the slightest administrative experience, at the head of a government consisting of his former rivals, and even at the time of the most acute political crisis, which escalated into the Civil War, the most brutal and bloody in American history. It seemed that the 16th president was simply doomed to failure, dishonor and oblivion - but he accomplished the impossible: he managed to subjugate his colleagues, creating a workable administration, mobilized an army of unprecedented size and, despite an endless series of troubles, failures and defeats, won the war of the North against the South , not only preserving the unity of the country, but also carrying out its deep transformation, abolishing slavery, laying the foundations for the future greatness of the United States. And he was killed by a conspirator at the moment of his highest triumph, at the peak of his political career, at the zenith of glory, after being re-elected to a second presidential term and vowing to “CURE THE WOUNDS OF THE NATION.” A new book from the author of the best-selling books “The Great Churchill” and “The Great Napoleon” is dedicated to the American GENIUS AUTHORITIES, whose name has entered the pantheon of the greatest presidents, and whose appearance is immortalized not only on 5-dollar bills, but also in the marble of the Washington Memorial and the granite of Mount Rushmore, next to the Founding Fathers of the USA.