The buck stops here : the 28 toughest presidential decisions and how they changed history /
| Основен автор: | Craughwell, Thomas J., 1956- |
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| Други автори: | Kiester, Edwin. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
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Beverly, Mass. :
Fair Winds Press,
2010.
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Buck stops here. |
Съдържание:
- ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""CHAPTER 1 George Washington Puts Down the Whiskey Rebellion and Dooms the Federalist Party, 1794""; ""CHAPTER 2 Thomas Jefferson Buys the Louisiana Territory and Doubles the Size of the United States, 1803""; ""CHAPTER 3 James Monroe Creates the “Monroe Doctrine, � Keystone of U.S. International Policy, 1823""; ""CHAPTER 4 James K. Polk Declares War against Mexico and Gains Western States and Control of Texas, 1846""
- ""CHAPTER 5 Millard Fillmore Opens Japanese Ports to Trade, Making the United States a Pacific Power, 1853""""CHAPTER 6 Abraham Lincoln Signs the Emancipation Proclamation, 1863""; ""CHAPTER 7 Rutherford Hayes Ends Reconstruction by Withdrawing Federal Troops from the South, 1877""; ""CHAPTER 8 Chester A. Arthur: The “Spoilsman� Who Reformed the Government, 1883""; ""CHAPTER 9 William McKinley Annexes the Philippines and Makes the United States an Imperial Power, 1899""; ""CHAPTER 10 Theodore Roosevelt: Guess Who�s Coming to Dinner, 1901""
- ""CHAPTER 11 Theodore Roosevelt Backs a New Government in Panama and Digs the Panama Canal, 1903""""CHAPTER 12 Theodore Roosevelt Puts the Environment on the National Agenda, Early 1900s""; ""CHAPTER 13 Theodore Roosevelt Sends the Great White Fleet around the World to Dramatize the United States� New Role as a World Power, 1907�1909""; ""CHAPTER 14 Woodrow Wilson Claims an American Place at the Table of World Power, 1917""; ""CHAPTER 15 Franklin Roosevelt Establishes Social Security, the First National Safety Net for People with Disabilities and Seniors, 1935""
- ""CHAPTER 16 Franklin Roosevelt Takes a Step Toward World War II with the Lend-Lease Program, 1941""""CHAPTER 17 Franklin Roosevelt Signs the GI Bill of Rights and Transforms the Country Economically, Educationally, and Socially, 1944""; ""CHAPTER 18 Franklin Roosevelt, The Atlantic Charter, and the Founding of the United Nations, 1945""; ""CHAPTER 19 Harry Truman Opts for Armageddon, 1945""; ""CHAPTER 20 Harry Truman and the Berlin Airlift: “We Stay in Berlin, Period!� 1948""; ""CHAPTER 21 Harry Truman and Korea: “It�s Hell to Be President, � 1950""
- ""CHAPTER 22 Dwight Eisenhower and the Interstate Highway System: “Broader Ribbons Across the Land, � 1956""""CHAPTER 23 John F. Kennedy and the Bay of Pigs: “How Could We Have Been So Stupid?� 1961""; ""CHAPTER 24 John F. Kennedy Announces the United States Will Put a Man on the Moon by the End of the Decade, 1961""; ""CHAPTER 25 John F. Kennedy Resolves the Cuban Missile Crisis, Averting the Threat of a Nuclear War with the Soviet Union, 1962""; ""CHAPTER 26 Lyndon Johnson Pushes through the Civil Rights Act, 1964""