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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... knew Hamilton must not be the envoy . That would inflame the Jeffersonians . Instead , at Hamilton's sug- gestion , he chose the aristocratic Chief Jus- tice , John Jay of New York . Privately Jay warned his wife that America might well ...
... knew Hamilton must not be the envoy . That would inflame the Jeffersonians . Instead , at Hamilton's sug- gestion , he chose the aristocratic Chief Jus- tice , John Jay of New York . Privately Jay warned his wife that America might well ...
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... knew that if the power elite got angry enough , they would try to stop his nomination in 1904. Like Nicholas Biddle and his allies in the Bank War , they might also try to destroy his character . But T.R. felt that the only men “ fit to ...
... knew that if the power elite got angry enough , they would try to stop his nomination in 1904. Like Nicholas Biddle and his allies in the Bank War , they might also try to destroy his character . But T.R. felt that the only men “ fit to ...
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... knew that his country might one day have to help keep Hitler from conquer- ing the world . But he knew also that rebuild- ing the nation's defense and edging toward aid to Britain could risk him unpopularity , defeat and conceivably ...
... knew that his country might one day have to help keep Hitler from conquer- ing the world . But he knew also that rebuild- ing the nation's defense and edging toward aid to Britain could risk him unpopularity , defeat and conceivably ...
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