Brands, H. W.

Summary: "From master storyteller and historian H.W. Brands, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, comes the riveting story of how President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur squared off to decide America's future in the aftermath of World War II. At the height of the Korean War, President Harry S. Truman committed a gaffe that sent shock waves around the world. When asked by a reporter...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.918 BRA

Brands, H. W.

Summary: "What do moral people do when democracy countenances evil? The question, implicit in the idea that people can govern themselves, came to a head in America at the middle of the nineteenth century, in the struggle over slavery. John Brown's answer was violence--violence of a sort some in later generations would call terrorism. Brown was a deeply religious man who heard the God of the Old...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 326.8 BRA

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 326.8 BRA

Brands, H. W.

Summary: Ronald Reagan today is a conservative icon. Playing a major role in ending Communism in the Soviet Union, Reagan established himself as one of the truly great presidents of the twentieth century. Follow him from small-town Illinois through his career as an actor and finally into politics, as a California governor and then president whose pragmatic leadership and steadfast vision transformed the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2015

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 REAGAN, RONALD BRA

Brands, H. W.

Summary: An analysis of Ulysses Grant's pivotal contributions during the Civil War and his presidency covers his defense of black civil rights, his controversial willingness to sacrifice troops to win the war, and the heated criticism over his Reconstruction policies.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2012

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GRANT, ULYSSES BRA

Brands, H. W.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2003

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 WIL

Brands, H. W.

Summary: A sweeping biography of the life and political career of Franklin Delano Roosevelt draws on archival materials, public speeches, interviews with family and colleagues, and personal correspondence to examine FDR's political leadership in a dark time of Depression and war, his championship of the poor, his revolutionary New Deal legislation, and his legacy for the future.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2008

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROO

Brands, H. W.

Summary: The first "common man" to rise to the presidency, Jackson embodied the spirit and the vision of the emerging American nation; the term "Jacksonian democracy" is embedded in our national lexicon. Historian Brands follows Jackson from his days as rebellious youth, risking execution to free the Carolinas during the Revolutionary War, to his years as a young lawyer and congressman from the newly...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2005

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist US Pres Brands

Brands, H. W.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2005

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 JACKSON, ANDREW BRA