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 266
... wished to be elected President in his own right more than " anything tangible . " But Hanna and " the whole Wall Street crowd " were against him : " The big New York and Chicago capitalists and both the criminal rich and the fool rich I ...
... wished to be elected President in his own right more than " anything tangible . " But Hanna and " the whole Wall Street crowd " were against him : " The big New York and Chicago capitalists and both the criminal rich and the fool rich I ...
Page 389
... wished to join " armed forces not under the United States govern- ment , " which was intended to stop the growing number of American Jews who wished to fight alongside Jewish underground armies in Palestine like Haganah . In January ...
... wished to join " armed forces not under the United States govern- ment , " which was intended to stop the growing number of American Jews who wished to fight alongside Jewish underground armies in Palestine like Haganah . In January ...
Page 573
... wished to be present that Shultz ordered the meeting moved from the Oval Office to the Cabinet Room . The President's newest National Security Adviser , General Colin Powell , knew this would be trouble because " sudden changes threw ...
... wished to be present that Shultz ordered the meeting moved from the Oval Office to the Cabinet Room . The President's newest National Security Adviser , General Colin Powell , knew this would be trouble because " sudden changes threw ...
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