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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... felt he had to give the British his verdict on the treaty . Edmund Randolph had offered to " run down " to Mount Vernon and provide his counsel . But with his sense of ritual and precedent , Washington felt that a matter of " such vast ...
... felt he had to give the British his verdict on the treaty . Edmund Randolph had offered to " run down " to Mount Vernon and provide his counsel . But with his sense of ritual and precedent , Washington felt that a matter of " such vast ...
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... felt that com- promise equaled surrender . Without warn- ing , Biddle had forced him into this struggle . If some part of the " hydra - headed monster " were left intact , the whole reptile would grow back to menace the American people ...
... felt that com- promise equaled surrender . Without warn- ing , Biddle had forced him into this struggle . If some part of the " hydra - headed monster " were left intact , the whole reptile would grow back to menace the American people ...
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... felt that for Theodore , this was not just an election , but a test of his personal " merit . " Before he began campaigning that fall , the President had told Cabot Lodge he felt inex- plicably depressed . The Massachusetts Senator ...
... felt that for Theodore , this was not just an election , but a test of his personal " merit . " Before he began campaigning that fall , the President had told Cabot Lodge he felt inex- plicably depressed . The Massachusetts Senator ...
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