Presidential courage : brave leaders and how they changed America, 1789-1989
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New York : Simon & Schuster, 2007., New York : Simon & Schuster, [2007].
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First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition.
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xiii, 430 pages, [24] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2007., New York : Simon & Schuster, [2007].
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Book
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First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition.
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English
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-408) and index.
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"Michael Beschloss has brought us a saga about crucial times in America's history when a courageous President dramatically changed the future of the United States." "You will be in the room with the private George Washington, braving threats of impeachment and assassination to make peace with England. John Adams, incurring his party's "unrelenting hatred" by refusing to fight France and warning his enemies, "Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war." Andrew Jackson, in a death struggle against the corrupt Bank of the United States. Abraham Lincoln, risking his Presidency to insist that slaves be freed." "Beschloss also shows us Theodore Roosevelt, taunting J. P. Morgan and the Wall Street leaders who dominated his party. Franklin Roosevelt, defying the isolationists - and maybe the law - to stop Adolf Hitler. Harry Truman, risking a walkout by top officials to recognize a Jewish state. John Kennedy, the belated champion of civil rights, complaining that he has cost himself a second term. And finally, two hundred years after Washington, Ronald Reagan, irking some of his oldest backers to seek an end to the Cold War." "As Beschloss shows in this book, none of these Presidents was eager to incur ridicule, vilification or threats of political destruction and even assassination. But in the end, bolstered by friends and family, hidden private beliefs and, sometimes, religious faith, each ultimately proved himself to be, in Andrew Jackson's words, "born for the storm.""-JACKET.
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Beschloss, M. R. (2007). Presidential courage: brave leaders and how they changed America, 1789-1989 (First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition.). Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Beschloss, Michael R. 2007. Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America, 1789-1989. Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Beschloss, Michael R. Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America, 1789-1989 Simon & Schuster, 2007.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Beschloss, Michael R. Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America, 1789-1989 First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition., Simon & Schuster, 2007.
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