Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and how They Changed America, 1789-1989Thorndike Press, 2007 - 804 pages From the author Newsweek called the nations leading presidential historian comes an inspiring narrative chronicling the crucial moments when a courageous president has dramatically changed the future of the United States. of full-color photos. |
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... Congress would not go to war unless he revealed Tal- leyrand's outrageous bribery demands . But such a revelation might provoke the French to send Pinckney , Marshall and Gerry , still in Paris , to their deaths . Therefore Adams simply ...
... Congress would not go to war unless he revealed Tal- leyrand's outrageous bribery demands . But such a revelation might provoke the French to send Pinckney , Marshall and Gerry , still in Paris , to their deaths . Therefore Adams simply ...
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... Congress . Nicholas Biddle Papers , Library of Congress . John Boettiger Papers , Franklin D. Roose- velt Library . British Foreign Office Archives , Public Record Office , Kew Gardens , Surrey , U.K. Anatoly Chernyaev Diary , National ...
... Congress . Nicholas Biddle Papers , Library of Congress . John Boettiger Papers , Franklin D. Roose- velt Library . British Foreign Office Archives , Public Record Office , Kew Gardens , Surrey , U.K. Anatoly Chernyaev Diary , National ...
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... Congress . Sargent Shriver Papers , John F. Kennedy Li- brary . Theodore Sorensen Papers , John F. Kennedy Library . Margaret Suckley Papers , Wilderstein Preservation , Rhinebeck , N.Y. Roger Taney Papers , Library of Congress . John ...
... Congress . Sargent Shriver Papers , John F. Kennedy Li- brary . Theodore Sorensen Papers , John F. Kennedy Library . Margaret Suckley Papers , Wilderstein Preservation , Rhinebeck , N.Y. Roger Taney Papers , Library of Congress . John ...
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