Destiny's consul : America's ten greatest presidents / Michael P. Riccards.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Riccards, Michael P.
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2012], ©2012.
Subjects:
Presidents > United States > History.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:xii, 385 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Preface: how presidents become great
  • George Washington: creating a nation in war and then in peace
  • Thomas Jefferson: establishing popular rule
  • Andrew Jackson: the president as a tribune of the people
  • James K. Polk: the arts of waging conflict
  • Abraham Lincoln: the commander in chief goes to war
  • Theodore Roosevelt: the dynamics of domestic reform
  • Woodrow Wilson: the progressive agenda at home and across the world
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt: the establishment of the modern presidency
  • Harry S. Truman: the first imperial president
  • Ronald Reagan: unleashing right wing America
  • Conclusion.