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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... Republican " Jack Asses " who had made Ames's speech necessary . Fearing its impact , they " grinned horrible ... Republican Frederick Muhlenberg , a German - speaking Lutheran pastor from Pennsylvania . Republicans were jubilant . The ...
... Republican " Jack Asses " who had made Ames's speech necessary . Fearing its impact , they " grinned horrible ... Republican Frederick Muhlenberg , a German - speaking Lutheran pastor from Pennsylvania . Republicans were jubilant . The ...
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... Republicans in his Cabinet ex - Secretary of State Henry Stimson for the War Department , and Frank Knox , the 1936 Republican Vice Presidential nominee , for the Navy . With the growing world emergency , Roosevelt wanted to make his ...
... Republicans in his Cabinet ex - Secretary of State Henry Stimson for the War Department , and Frank Knox , the 1936 Republican Vice Presidential nominee , for the Navy . With the growing world emergency , Roosevelt wanted to make his ...
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... Republican pollsters would claim that Willkie was gaining mo- mentum . After showing the challenger in a " bad slump ... Republican surge that Roosevelt had feared . During the summer , when voters felt that Hitler was about to seize ...
... Republican pollsters would claim that Willkie was gaining mo- mentum . After showing the challenger in a " bad slump ... Republican surge that Roosevelt had feared . During the summer , when voters felt that Hitler was about to seize ...
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