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Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David) 1890-1969 Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines) 1908-1973 Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Presidents United States Biography Truman, Harry S 1884-1972 United States Politics and government 1861-1865 United States Politics and government 1945-1953 United States Politics and government 1945-1989 United States Politics and government 1953-1961Peters, Charles
Summary: Documents the 36th president's term in office and the legacy of his achievements, revealing the insights he gained while serving in the Senate and throughout the Kennedy-Johnson administration and discussing how factors including the Vietnam War drove him from office.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Times Books 2010
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Summary: The plainspoken man from Missouri who never expected to be president yet rose to become one of the greatest leaders of the twentieth century, Harry S. Truman clashed with Southerners over civil rights, with organized labor over the right to strike, and with General Douglas MacArthur over the conduct of the Korean War. He personified Thomas Jefferson's observation that the presidency is a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Times Books/Henry Holt and Co. 2008
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Summary: Abraham Lincoln towers above the others who have held the office of president--the pillar of strength whose words bound up the nation's wounds. His presidency is the hinge on which American history pivots, the time when the young republic collapsed of its own contradictions and a new birth of freedom, sanctified by blood, created the United States we know today. His story has been told many...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Times Books/Henry Holt and Co. 2009
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Publisher / Publication Date: Times Books 2002