How did we get here? : from Theodore Roosevelt to Donald Trump / Robert Dallek.

"The struggle to preserve the Republic has never been easy or without perils. The rise of conflicting political parties, which the founders opposed, and President John Adams' Alien and Sedition Acts repressing First Amendment rights made Franklin's observation at the conclusion of the Constitutional...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dallek, Robert (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Presidents > United States > History > 20th century. Presidents > United States > History > 21st century. Political leadership > United States > History > 20th century. Political leadership > United States > History > 21st century. United States > Politics and government. HISTORY / United States / 21st Century. HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century. POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections. Political leadership. Politics and government. Presidents. United States. 1900-2099 History.
Genre:	History.
Physical Description:	258 pages ; 24 cm
Format:	Book

Contents:

Introduction
Theodore Roosevelt : "Master therapist of the middle classes"
Woodrow Wilson : triumph and tragedy
Franklin D. Roosevelt : prophet of a new order
Harry S. Truman : the tribulations of a great president
Dwight D. Eisenhower : the general as peacemaker
John F. Kennedy : the making of an icon
Lyndon B. Johnson : flawed giant
Richard M. Nixon : America in crisis
Jimmy Carter : the moralist as politician
Ronald Reagan : the media president
Trump : in the shadow of history.