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Presidential leadership : 15 decisions that changed the nation / Nick Ragone ; foreword by Ali Velshi.
Author
Ragone, Nick
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2011.
Description
332 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
E176.1 .R228 2011
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Subject(s)
Presidents
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United States
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History
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Presidents
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United States
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Case studies
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Political leadership
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United States
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Case studies
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United States
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Politics and government
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Case studies
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United States
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Politics and government
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Decision making
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Velshi, Ali
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Case studies
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Summary note
Tells the stories behind fifteen major decisions made by U.S. presidents that influenced the course of history, including Thomas Jefferson's purchase of the Louisiana Territory, Richard Nixon's visit to China, and Ronald Reagan's characterization of the Soviet Union as an "evil empire."
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-323) and index.
Contents
Washington puts down the Whiskey Rebellion
Thomas Jefferson purchases the Louisiana Territory
Andrew Jackson rejects nullification
Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation
Teddy Roosevelt builds the Panama Canal
Woodrow Wilson and the League of Nations
Franklin Roosevelt and the lend-lease program
Truman drops the bomb
Truman fires MacArthur
Eisenhower, Kennedy, and the race to the moon
Lyndon Johnson and civil rights
Richard Nixon visits China
Ford pardons Nixon
Ronald Reagan and the evil empire
Barack Obama takes on healthcare reform.
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ISBN
9781616142377 ((cloth ; : acid-free paper))
1616142375 ((hbk. ; : acid-free paper))
LCCN
2010044250
OCLC
635483821
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