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Presidential courage : brave leaders and how they changed America, 1789-1989 / Michael Beschloss.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2008.Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster trade pbk. edDescription: xv, 430 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0743257448 (pbk.)
  • 9780743257442 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 973.09/9 22
LOC classification:
  • E176.1  .B47 2008
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Incomplete contents:
A SPEEDY DEATH TO GENERAL WASHINGTON! -- KICK THIS TREATY TO HELL!--THE DAMNEDEST LIAR-- HE MAY RETIRE WITH UNDIMINISH'D GLORY--RIVALRIES IRRITATED TO MADNESS--OH, THAT I WAS A SOLDIER!-- ROCKS AND QUICKSANDS ON ALL SIDES--THE MOST SPLENDID DIAMOND IN MY CROWN--I WILL KILL IT!--NOT A MAN TO BE FORCED--I WAS BORN FOR THE STORM--WHO WOULD HAVE HAD THE COURAGE?--I AM GOING TO BE BEATEN--TOO ANGELIC FOR THIS DEVILISH REBELLION-- A WELL-MEANING BABOON--THE COUNTRY WILL BE SAVED--I SEE DYNAMITE IN IT-- A ROUGH AND TUMBLE MAN--BLACK STORM--I UPSET THEM ALL--WE MUST PROTECT THE CHIEF!--GLOOM PERSONIFIED-- SHOULD YOU SALUTE YOUR CAESAR?-- WE HAVE AVERTED A PUTSCH--NO PEOPLE EXCEPT THE HEBREWS--THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME--HOW COULD THIS HAVE HAPPENED?--I AM CYRUS--THEY NEVER SHOW THEIR PASSION--GO GET HIM, JOHNNY BOY!--IT'S GOING TO BE A CIVIL WAR--A MAN HAS TO TAKE A STAND--WE WIN AND THEY LOSE-- IT LEFT ME GREATLY DEPRESSED--I HAVE NOT LOST MY BEARINGS--A MIRACLE HAS TAKEN PLACE.
Summary: Documents crucial historical moments in each of the first forty presidencies during which the future of the United States has been dramatically affected by a bold executive decision, and offers insight into the factors that influenced the choices made by each president.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-408) and index.

A SPEEDY DEATH TO GENERAL WASHINGTON! --
KICK THIS TREATY TO HELL!--THE DAMNEDEST LIAR--
HE MAY RETIRE WITH UNDIMINISH'D GLORY--RIVALRIES IRRITATED TO MADNESS--OH, THAT I WAS A SOLDIER!--
ROCKS AND QUICKSANDS ON ALL SIDES--THE MOST SPLENDID DIAMOND IN MY CROWN--I WILL KILL IT!--NOT A MAN TO BE FORCED--I WAS BORN FOR THE STORM--WHO WOULD HAVE HAD THE COURAGE?--I AM GOING TO BE BEATEN--TOO ANGELIC FOR THIS DEVILISH REBELLION--
A WELL-MEANING BABOON--THE COUNTRY WILL BE SAVED--I SEE DYNAMITE IN IT-- A ROUGH AND TUMBLE MAN--BLACK STORM--I UPSET THEM ALL--WE MUST PROTECT THE CHIEF!--GLOOM PERSONIFIED--
SHOULD YOU SALUTE YOUR CAESAR?-- WE HAVE AVERTED A PUTSCH--NO PEOPLE EXCEPT THE HEBREWS--THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME--HOW COULD THIS HAVE HAPPENED?--I AM CYRUS--THEY NEVER SHOW THEIR PASSION--GO GET HIM, JOHNNY BOY!--IT'S GOING TO BE A CIVIL WAR--A MAN HAS TO TAKE A STAND--WE WIN AND THEY LOSE-- IT LEFT ME GREATLY DEPRESSED--I HAVE NOT LOST MY BEARINGS--A MIRACLE HAS TAKEN PLACE.

Documents crucial historical moments in each of the first forty presidencies during which the future of the United States has been dramatically affected by a bold executive decision, and offers insight into the factors that influenced the choices made by each president.

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