The Buck Stops Here: The 28 Toughest Presidential Decisions and How They Changed History

Edwin Kiester Jr

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Edité par Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc, 2010

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The Buck Stops Here consists of twenty-eight engrossing accounts of the most important United States presidential decisions in history. They range from the abolition of slavery with the Emancipation Proclamation to the acquisition of vast new territory with the Louisiana Purchase to the establishment of enduring institutions such as Medicare and Americas national parks. These decisions encompass, too, such less-well-known measures as the G.I. Bill of Rights, which cleared the way for more than two million veterans to receive a college education, as well as acts that reverberated worldwide, including Theodore Roosevelts construction of the Panama Canal, Harry S Trumans deployment of the atom bomb, Richard Nixons visit to China, and John F. Kennedys pledge to put a man on the moon. Thomas J. Craughwell and Edwin Kiester Jr.s fascinating survey of twenty-eight crucial presidential decisions opens a door into the White Houses corridors of power, giving readers an insiders view of how and why these decisions were made, while providing a yardstick with which we might, perhaps, gauge the success of current and future presidents. Each chapter places the reader squarely in the historical period while presenting the issues at stake, the interests at work, and the obstacles encountered. This book takes the reader into the minds of some of American historys greatest leaders and analyzes the enduring, often far-reaching, sometimes unforeseen consequences of these presidential decisions-in their own time, and right up to the present day. Some of these decisions were simply expedient; others required the courage of conviction in the face of intense opposition. Some were motivated by political loyalties, but many were evidently inspired by noble visions of a better nation, a fairer world. All were momentous, and helped define who we are and how we live now.…

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The Buck Stops Here: The 28 Toughest Presidential Decisions and How They Changed History
Auteur
Edwin Kiester Jr
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Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Année de publication
2010
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Very Good
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Paperback
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anglais
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159233427X
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9781592334278

World of Books Inc

Montgomery, IL, Etats-Unis

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