American Presidency Series – serie
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Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Inbunden, 2000
706 kr
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Elected in hard times and serving throughout a catastrophic global war, Franklin Delano Roosevelt confronted crises of epic proportions during his record 12-year tenure. This volume provides an account of his much-debated presidency, describing the successes and failures of his landmark …
Presidency of Warren G. Harding
Av Eugene P. Trani, David L. Wilson
Inbunden, 1977
648 kr
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Presidency of Benjamin Harrison
Av Homer E. Socolofsky, Allan Spetter
Inbunden, 1987
648 kr
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Benjamin Harrison was an early proponent of American expansion in the Pacific, a key figure in such landmark legislation as the Sherman Anti-Trust Act and the McKinley Tariff, and one of the Gilded Age's most eloquent speakers. Yet he remains one of our most neglected and least understood …
Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower
Av Chester J. Pach, Elmo Richardson
Häftad, 1991
396 kr
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The focus of this work is not whether Eisenhower was an active or passive president, but how his decisions shaped American life in the 1950s and beyond. This updated edition reaches beyond the issues the revisionists raised: Was Eisenhower in command of his own administration? Did he play a …
Presidency of James Madison
Inbunden, 1990
668 kr
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Henry Adams portrayed James Madison as a president who lacked decisiveness and administrative skills. This study describes Madison as a practical statesman who decreased conflicts in his Cabinet and in Congress and strengthened the Union.
Presidency of Woodrow Wilson
Inbunden, 1992
506 kr
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Clements analyzes the reasons for Wilson's successes and failures in both domestic and foreign arenas and investigates representative administrative departments to find out how the Wilson administration actually worked. Clements also re-examines the impact of Wilson's illness on his leadership.
Presidency of Woodrow Wilson
Häftad, 1992
400 kr
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Clements analyzes the reasons for Wilson's successes and failures in both domestic and foreign arenas and investigates representative administrative departments to find out how the Wilson administration actually worked. Clements also re-examines the impact of Wilson's illness on his leadership.
Presidency of Andrew Jackson
Inbunden, 1993
979 kr
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In 1829 Andrew Jackson arrived in Washington in a carriage. Eight years and two turbulent presidential terms later, he left on a train. Those years, among the most prosperous in American history, saw America transformed not only by growth in transportation but by the expansion of the market economy …
Presidency of Gerald R. Ford
Inbunden, 1994
638 kr
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This is a study of one of the most popular yet most misunderstood presidents. Reaching beyond the image of Ford as ""healer"" of a war-torn and scandal-ridden nation, the author aims to extend and revise our understanding of Ford's struggles to restore credibility to the presidency in the wake of …
Presidency of Gerald R. Ford
Häftad, 1994
342 kr
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This is a study of one of the most popular yet most misunderstood presidents. Reaching beyond the image of Ford as ""healer"" of a war-torn and scandal-ridden nation, the author aims to extend and revise our understanding of Ford's struggles to restore credibility to the presidency in the wake of …
Presidency of James Monroe
Inbunden, 1996
668 kr
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Noble Cunningham's history of the fifth presidency (1817-25) shows a young nation beset by growing pains and led by a cautious politician who had neither the learning nor the intellect of Jefferson or Madison, but whose actions strengthened both the United States and the presidency itself. …
Presidency of John F. Kennedy
Häftad, 2006
400 kr
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The presidency of John F. Kennedy continues to fascinate, even as it also continues to inspire heated debates between admirers and detractors of Camelot's fallen king. Now, readers can gain a new appreciation of JFK in this thoroughly revised and updated edition of James Giglio's bestselling study, …
Presidency of James Earl Carter, Jr.
Av Burton I. Kaufman, Scott Kaufman
Häftad, 2006
396 kr
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He has been called America's greatest ex-president, a man who lost the White House after one term but went on to become a respected spokesman for peace and human rights. Burton Kaufman's book on the Carter years was hailed as the best account of his administration. This new edition probes more …
William Howard Taft Presidency
Inbunden, 2009
668 kr
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The only president to later serve as chief justice of the United States, William Howard Taft remarked in the 1920s that 'I don't remember that I ever was President'. Historians have agreed, and Taft is usually portrayed, when written about at all, as nothing more than a failed chief executive. In …
Realigning America
McKinley, Bryan, and the Remarkable Election of 1896
Inbunden, 2010
473 kr
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The presidential election of 1896 is widely acknowledged as one of only a few that brought about fundamental realignments in American politics. New voting patterns replaced old, a new majority party came to power, and national policies shifted to reflect new realities. R. Hal Williams now presents …
