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(0)Arthur M. Schlesinger
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Language
English
Description
During the thirteen days in October 1962 when the United States confronted the Soviet Union over its installation of missiles in Cuba, few people shared the behind-the-scenes story as it is told here by the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy. In a clear and simple record, he describes the personalities involved in the crisis, with particular attention to the actions and attitudes of his brother, President John F. Kennedy. He describes the daily, even...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
The distinguished political historian's journals provide an intimate history of post-war America, the writer's contributions to multiple presidential administrations, and his relationships with numerous cultural and intellectual figures.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Shortly after President John F. Kennedy's assassination, with a nation deep in mourning and the world looking on in stunned disbelief, Jacqueline Kennedy found the strength to set aside her own personal grief for the sake of posterity and begin the task of documenting and preserving her husband's legacy. In January of 1964, she and Robert F. Kennedy approved a planned oral-history project that would capture their first-hand accounts of the late President...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
"Schlesinger's personal story is ultimately the captivating history of America coming into its own as a world power. It includes a fondly remembered childhood in the Midwest; life in America of the Twenties; student days at Harvard, lived in the shadow of a distinguished father; Cambridge University in England in the twilight year between the Munich Pact and the start of World War II; the bitter debate in the United States in the months before Pearl...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Explores the war in Iraq, the presidency of George W. Bush, and the future of democracy, warning about the dangers of America's policy shift from containment to preventive war, and urging for continued patriotism in the face of dissent.
14) Harry S. Truman
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Series
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Formats
Description
The plainspoken man from Missouri who never expected to be president yet rose to become one of the greatest leaders of the twentieth century, Harry S. Truman clashed with Southerners over civil rights, with organized labor over the right to strike, and with General Douglas MacArthur over the conduct of the Korean War. He personified Thomas Jefferson's observation that the presidency is a "splendid misery," but it was during his tenure that the United...
Author
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
1960
Language
English
Description
Every presidential campaign has its facile and fashionable clichés. The favorite cliché of 1960 is that the two candidates, John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon, are essentially the same sort of men, stamped from the same mold, committed to the same values, dedicated to the same objectives -- that they are, so to speak, the Gold Dust Twins of American politics. This cliché is reinforced by the contention that, after all, there is very little to...
18) James Madison
Author
Publisher
Times Books
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
In this examination of the life of a founding father, renowned historian Wills takes a fresh look at the life of James Madison, from his rise to prominence in the colonies through his role in the creation of the Articles of Confederation and the first Constitutional Congress.
20) Eleanor and Franklin: the story of their relationship, based on Eleanor Roosevelt's private papers
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co
Language
English
Description
Gives insight into Eleanor's childhood, how she overcame personal insecurity, how she coped as a politician's wife, and describes her relationship with her husband, Franklin.