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Ronald Reagan
The American Presidents Series: The 40th President, 1981-1989
Av Jacob Weisberg, Sean Wilentz m. fl.
E-bok, 2016
180 kr
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The conservative icon who reshaped American politics and laid the groundwork for the end of the Cold War In the second half of the twentieth century, no American president defined his political era as did Ronald Reagan. He ushered in an age that extolled smaller government, tax cuts, and strong …
Journals
1952-2000
E-bok, 2007
133 kr
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From his entrance into Democratic leadership circles in the 1950s through his years in the Kennedy administration and up until his last days, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., was always at the vital center of American politics. For more than half a century, the master historian recorded his experiences and …
Harry S. Truman
The American Presidents Series: The 33rd President, 1945-1953
Av Robert Dallek, Sean Wilentz m. fl.
Ljudbok, 2008
297 kr
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The plainspoken man from Missouri who never expected to be president yet rose to become one of the greatest leaders of the twentieth century In April 1945, after the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the presidency fell to a former haberdasher and clubhouse politician from Independence, Missouri. …
Abraham Lincoln
The American Presidents Series: The 16th President, 1861-1865
Av George S. McGovern, Sean Wilentz m. fl.
Ljudbok, 2008
297 kr
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America''s greatest president, who rose to power in the country''s greatest hour of need and whose vision saw the United States through the Civil War Abraham Lincoln towers above the others who have held the office of president—the icon of greatness, the pillar of strength whose words bound up the …
Founding Fathers
Ljudbok, 2008
681 kr
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The Founding Fathers series includes: George Washington by James MacGregor Burns and Susan Dunn In this thoughtful and incisive biography, Burns and Dunn dissect the strengths and weaknesses of Washington''s presidential leadership, from his lasting foreign and economic policies to his polarizing …
Andrew Jackson
The American Presidents Series: The 7th President, 1829-1837
Av Sean Wilentz, Jr. Arthur M. Schlesinger
E-bok, 2007
174 kr
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The towering figure who remade American politics—the champion of the ordinary citizen and the scourge of entrenched privilege "It is rare that historians manage both Wilentz''s deep interpretation and lively narrative." - Publishers Weekly The Founding Fathers espoused a republican government, but …
Franklin Pierce
The American Presidents Series: The 14th President, 1853-1857
Av Michael F. Holt, Sean Wilentz m. fl.
E-bok, 2010
180 kr
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The genial but troubled New Englander whose single-minded partisan loyalties inflamed the nation''s simmering battle over slavery Charming and handsome, Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire was drafted to break the deadlock of the 1852 Democratic convention. Though he seized the White House in a …
Millard Fillmore
The American Presidents Series: The 13th President, 1850-1853
Av Paul Finkelman, Sean Wilentz m. fl.
E-bok, 2011
180 kr
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The oddly named president whose shortsightedness and stubbornness fractured the nation and sowed the seeds of civil war In the summer of 1850, America was at a terrible crossroads. Congress was in an uproar over slavery, and it was not clear if a compromise could be found. In the midst of the …
George H. W. Bush
The American Presidents Series: The 41st President, 1989-1993
Av Timothy Naftali, Sean Wilentz m. fl.
E-bok, 2007
176 kr
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The judicious statesman who won victories abroad but suffered defeat at home, whose wisdom and demeanor served America well at a critical time George Bush was a throwback to a different era. A patrician figure not known for eloquence, Bush dismissed ideology as "the vision thing." Yet, as Timothy …
Andrew Johnson
The American Presidents Series: The 17th President, 1865-1869
Av Annette Gordon-Reed, Sean Wilentz m. fl.
E-bok, 2011
174 kr
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A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian recounts the tale of the unwanted president who ran afoul of Congress over Reconstruction and was nearly removed from office Andrew Johnson never expected to be president. But just six weeks after becoming Abraham Lincoln''s vice president, the events at Ford''s …
Gerald R. Ford
The American Presidents Series: The 38th President, 1974-1977
Av Douglas Brinkley, Jr. Arthur M. Schlesinger
E-bok, 2007
180 kr
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The "accidental" president whose innate decency and steady hand restored the presidency after its greatest crisis When Gerald R. Ford entered the White House in August 1974, he inherited a presidency tarnished by the Watergate scandal, the economy was in a recession, the Vietnam War was drawing to …
Herbert Hoover
The American Presidents Series: The 31st President, 1929-1933
Av William E. Leuchtenburg, Sean Wilentz m. fl.
E-bok, 2009
176 kr
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The Republican efficiency expert whose economic boosterism met its match in the Great Depression Catapulted into national politics by his heroic campaigns to feed Europe during and after World War I, Herbert Hoover—an engineer by training—exemplified the economic optimism of the 1920s. As …
John Tyler
The American Presidents Series: The 10th President, 1841-1845
Av Gary May, Sean Wilentz m. fl.
E-bok, 2008
180 kr
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The first "accidental president," whose secret maneuverings brought Texas into the Union and set secession in motion When William Henry Harrison died in April 1841, just one month after his inauguration, Vice President John Tyler assumed the presidency. It was a controversial move by this Southern …
Lyndon B. Johnson
The American Presidents Series: The 36th President, 1963-1969
Av Charles Peters, Sean Wilentz m. fl.
E-bok, 2010
180 kr
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The towering figure who sought to transform America into a "Great Society" but whose ambitions and presidency collapsed in the tragedy of the Vietnam War Few figures in American history are as compelling and complex as Lyndon Baines Johnson, who established himself as the master of the U.S. Senate …
Jimmy Carter
The American Presidents Series: The 39th President, 1977-1981
Av Julian E. Zelizer, Sean Wilentz m. fl.
E-bok, 2010
180 kr
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The maverick politician from Georgia who rode the post- Watergate wave into office but whose term was consumed by economic and international crises A peanut farmer from Georgia, Jimmy Carter rose to national power through mastering the strategy of the maverick politician. As the face of the "New …
Abraham Lincoln
The American Presidents Series: The 16th President, 1861-1865
Av George S. McGovern, Sean Wilentz m. fl.
E-bok, 2008
180 kr
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America''s greatest president, who rose to power in the country''s greatest hour of need and whose vision saw the United States through the Civil War Abraham Lincoln towers above the others who have held the office of president—the icon of greatness, the pillar of strength whose words bound up the …
William Henry Harrison
The American Presidents Series: The 9th President, 1841
Av Gail Collins, Sean Wilentz m. fl.
E-bok, 2012
180 kr
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The president who served the shortest term—just a single month—but whose victorious election campaign rewrote the rules for candidates seeking America''s highest office William Henry Harrison died just thirty-one days after taking the oath of office in 1841. Today he is a curiosity in American …
John F. Kennedy
The American Presidents Series: The 35th President, 1961-1963
Av Alan Brinkley, Sean Wilentz m. fl.
E-bok, 2012
180 kr
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The young president who brought vigor and glamour to the White House while he confronted cold war crises abroad and calls for social change at home John Fitzgerald Kennedy was a new kind of president. He redefined how Americans came to see the nation''s chief executive. He was forty-three when he …
Richard M. Nixon
The American Presidents Series: The 37th President, 1969-1974
Av Elizabeth Drew, Jr. Arthur M. Schlesinger
E-bok, 2007
180 kr
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The complex man at the center of America''s most self-destructive presidency In this provocative and revelatory assessment of the only president ever forced out of office, the legendary Washington journalist Elizabeth Drew explains how Richard M. Nixon''s troubled inner life offers the key to …
Woodrow Wilson
The American Presidents Series: The 28th President, 1913-1921
Av H. W. Brands, Jr. Arthur M. Schlesinger
E-bok, 2003
180 kr
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A comprehensive account of the rise and fall of one of the major shapers of American foreign policy On the eve of his inauguration as President, Woodrow Wilson commented, "It would be the irony of fate if my administration had to deal chiefly with foreign affairs." As America was drawn into the …
Zachary Taylor
The American Presidents Series: The 12th President, 1849-1850
Av John S. D. Eisenhower, Sean Wilentz m. fl.
E-bok, 2008
180 kr
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The rough-hewn general who rose to the nation''s highest office, and whose presidency witnessed the first political skirmishes that would lead to the Civil War Zachary Taylor was a soldier''s soldier, a man who lived up to his nickname, "Old Rough and Ready." Having risen through the ranks of the …
Warren G. Harding
The American Presidents Series: The 29th President, 1921-1923
Av John W. Dean, Jr. Arthur M. Schlesinger
E-bok, 2004
180 kr
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President Nixon''s former counsel illuminates another presidency marked by scandal Warren G. Harding may be best known as America''s worst president. Scandals plagued him: the Teapot Dome affair, corruption in the Veterans Bureau and the Justice Department, and the posthumous revelation of an …
Grover Cleveland
The American Presidents Series: The 22nd and 24th President, 1885-1889 and 1893-1897
Av Henry F. Graff, Jr. Arthur M. Schlesinger
E-bok, 2002
176 kr
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A fresh look at the only president to serve nonconsecutive terms. Though often overlooked, Grover Cleveland was a significant figure in American presidential history. Having run for President three times and gaining the popular vote majority each time -- despite losing the electoral college in 1892 …
Harry S. Truman
The American Presidents Series: The 33rd President, 1945-1953
Av Robert Dallek, Sean Wilentz m. fl.
E-bok, 2008
180 kr
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The plainspoken man from Missouri who never expected to be president yet rose to become one of the greatest leaders of the twentieth century In April 1945, after the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the presidency fell to a former haberdasher and clubhouse politician from Independence, Missouri. …
James Buchanan
The American Presidents Series: The 15th President, 1857-1861
Av Jean H. Baker, Jr. Arthur M. Schlesinger
E-bok, 2004
180 kr
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A provocative reconsideration of a presidency on the brink of Civil War Almost no president was as well trained and well prepared for the office as James Buchanan. He had served in the Pennsylvania state legislature, the U.S. House, and the U.S. Senate; he was Secretary of State and was even …
John Adams
The American Presidents Series: The 2nd President, 1797-1801
Av John Patrick Diggins, Jr. Arthur M. Schlesinger
E-bok, 2003
180 kr
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A revealing look at the true beginning of American politics Until recently rescued by David McCullough, John Adams has always been overshadowed by Washington and Jefferson. Volatile, impulsive, irritable, and self-pitying, Adams seemed temperamentally unsuited for the presidency. Yet in many ways …
Calvin Coolidge
The American Presidents Series: The 30th President, 1923-1929
Av David Greenberg, Jr. Arthur M. Schlesinger
E-bok, 2006
180 kr
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The austere president who presided over the Roaring Twenties and whose conservatism masked an innovative approach to national leadership He was known as "Silent Cal." Buttoned up and tight-lipped, Calvin Coolidge seemed out of place as the leader of a nation plunging headlong into the modern era. …
James Monroe
The American Presidents Series: The 5th President, 1817-1825
Av Gary Hart, Jr. Arthur M. Schlesinger
E-bok, 2005
180 kr
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The former senator and presidential candidate offers a provocative new assessment of the first "national security president" James Monroe is remembered today primarily for two things: for being the last of the "Virginia Dynasty"—following George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison—and …
Ulysses S. Grant
The American Presidents Series: The 18th President, 1869-1877
Av III Josiah Bunting, Jr. Arthur M. Schlesinger
E-bok, 2004
180 kr
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The underappreciated presidency of the military man who won the Civil War and then had to win the peace as well As a general, Ulysses S. Grant is routinely described in glowing terms-the man who turned the tide of the Civil War, who accepted Lee''s surrender at Appomattox, and who had the stomach …
James A. Garfield
The American Presidents Series: The 20th President, 1881
Av Ira Rutkow, Jr. Arthur M. Schlesinger
E-bok, 2006
176 kr
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The ambitious self-made man who reached the pinnacle of American politics—only to be felled by an assassin''s bullet and to die at the hands of his doctors James A. Garfield was one of the Republican Party''s leading lights in the years following the Civil War. Born in a log cabin, he rose to …
