Ambition, Pragmatism, and Party : A Political Biography of Gerald R. Ford /

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Within eight turbulent months in 1974 Gerald Ford went from the United States House of Representatives, where he was the minority leader, to the White House as the country's first and only unelected president. His unprecedented rise to power, after Richard Nixon's equally unprecedented fal...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kaufman, Scott, 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Ford, Gerald R. > 1913-2006
Ford, Gerald R., > 1913-2006.
Presidents.
Politics and government.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1974-1977.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1945-1989.
United States > Politics and government > 1974-1977.
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989.
Biographies.
Biography
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A Ford, not a King
  • Climbing the ladder of power
  • A step away
  • High expectations unrealized
  • Not speaker, but president
  • Honeymoon and hardship
  • Confronting crises
  • Image and the election
  • Politics, money, and the post-presidency
  • Conclusion.

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