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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Page 327
... replied that it helped British " morale " to have Kennedy in the British capital a whopper , since FDR knew that Kennedy was rattling his British friends with warnings that Hitler would soon trounce them . Roosevelt politely asked ...
... replied that it helped British " morale " to have Kennedy in the British capital a whopper , since FDR knew that Kennedy was rattling his British friends with warnings that Hitler would soon trounce them . Roosevelt politely asked ...
Page 347
... replied that his boys did not drink . " Well , that explodes that theory , " said the President . Returning to his obsession , Kennedy told FDR that Americans were still " not sure that you want to keep out of war . " Roosevelt replied ...
... replied that his boys did not drink . " Well , that explodes that theory , " said the President . Returning to his obsession , Kennedy told FDR that Americans were still " not sure that you want to keep out of war . " Roosevelt replied ...
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... replied , " Why don't you call Ted Sorensen ? Write him a memo . We'll see what comes of it . " Father Theodore Hesburgh , president of Notre Dame and a friend of Joe Kennedy's , asked the President to keep his pledge to fully integrate ...
... replied , " Why don't you call Ted Sorensen ? Write him a memo . We'll see what comes of it . " Father Theodore Hesburgh , president of Notre Dame and a friend of Joe Kennedy's , asked the President to keep his pledge to fully integrate ...
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