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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... asked Hanna to breakfast . Worried about leaks that would cause " violent fluctuations " in the stock mar- ket , he cryptically asked the Senator what he thought of Morgan's mammoth new trust . Hanna said it was the " best thing " that ...
... asked Hanna to breakfast . Worried about leaks that would cause " violent fluctuations " in the stock mar- ket , he cryptically asked the Senator what he thought of Morgan's mammoth new trust . Hanna said it was the " best thing " that ...
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... asked the ex - President why he never asked him into his home . By Susskind's account , Truman replied , " You're a Jew , David , and no Jew has ever been in the house . Bess runs it , and there's never been a Jew inside the house in ...
... asked the ex - President why he never asked him into his home . By Susskind's account , Truman replied , " You're a Jew , David , and no Jew has ever been in the house . Bess runs it , and there's never been a Jew inside the house in ...
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... asked his friend not to mention this pri- vate pledge to anyone else . Truman asked Sam Rosenman to take a secret message to " the little doctor " in New York . Weizmann was on his " conscience . " If the Jews declared a state , the ...
... asked his friend not to mention this pri- vate pledge to anyone else . Truman asked Sam Rosenman to take a secret message to " the little doctor " in New York . Weizmann was on his " conscience . " If the Jews declared a state , the ...
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