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In Destiny's Consul: America's Greatest Presidents, presidential scholar Michael P. Riccards provides a concise introduction to the lives, presidencies, and personal qualities of ten great individuals whom Riccards argues are our greatest presidents. It will be of interest to anyone intere...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Riccards, Michael P.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Lanham, Md. : Littlefield Publishers, Rowman & amp ; 2012.
Sujets:
Presidents > United States > History.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
Présidents > États-Unis > Histoire.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Presidents
United States
Biographies
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Preface: how presidents become great
  • George Washington: creating a nation in war and then in peace
  • Thomas Jefferson: establishing popular rule
  • Andrew Jackson: the president as a tribune of the people
  • James K. Polk: the arts of waging conflict
  • Abraham Lincoln: the commander in chief goes to war
  • Theodore Roosevelt: the dynamics of domestic reform
  • Woodrow Wilson: the progressive agenda at home and across the world
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt: the establishment of the modern presidency
  • Harry S. Truman: the first imperial president
  • Ronald Reagan: unleashing right wing America
  • Conclusion.

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