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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... aide with the " peach - blossom face " had been a Springfield law clerk before joining Lincoln , whom he came to honor ... aides late into the night . Hay's wry humor made the troubled Pres- ident feel like a boy again . During working ...
... aide with the " peach - blossom face " had been a Springfield law clerk before joining Lincoln , whom he came to honor ... aides late into the night . Hay's wry humor made the troubled Pres- ident feel like a boy again . During working ...
Page 387
... aides lobby for par- tition . As Clifford recalled , " I kept the ram- rod up the State Department's butt . " Truman's aide Dave Niles , inherited from FDR , called a U.S. envoy in Flushing Mead- ows and threatened " hell if the voting ...
... aides lobby for par- tition . As Clifford recalled , " I kept the ram- rod up the State Department's butt . " Truman's aide Dave Niles , inherited from FDR , called a U.S. envoy in Flushing Mead- ows and threatened " hell if the voting ...
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... aide Jim Kuhn recalled the time a lady told Reagan he was " the best President I've ever witnessed " but that she had ... aides asked him to screen Kings Row at Camp David . Reagan told his diary , " I'd forgotten how really good that ...
... aide Jim Kuhn recalled the time a lady told Reagan he was " the best President I've ever witnessed " but that she had ... aides asked him to screen Kings Row at Camp David . Reagan told his diary , " I'd forgotten how really good that ...
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