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Baptism by Fire: Eight Presidents Who Took Office in Times of Crisis
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- Condition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Product Group
- Book
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- IsTextBook
- Yes
- ISBN
- 9780312388034
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
0312388039
ISBN-13
9780312388034
eBay Product ID (ePID)
69570646
Product Key Features
Book Title
Baptism by Fire : Eight Presidents Who Took Office in Times of Crisis
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Topic
Political Process / General, Decision-Making & Problem Solving, History & Theory, Presidents & Heads of State
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
18.1 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2008-033055
Reviews
"Once again Mark Updegrove has written an incisive slice of U.S. presidential history. Fire ratchets up harrowing memories of our leaders from George Washington to Gerald Ford. A wonderful read."-Douglas Brinkley is Professor of History at Rice University "Mark Updegrove's Baptism by Fire is a splendid companion to John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage ." -Patricia O'Toole, author of When Trumpets Call: Theodore Roosevelt after the White House and The Five of Hearts: An Intimate Portrait of Henry Adams and His Friends. "At a moment of surpreme peril, Lincoln told us, 'The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion.' As Mark Updegrove vividly demonstrates in this superbly written volume, Lincoln was hardly unique in meeting the test he set out. . . .I can't imagine a more timely or original way of seeing ourselves."--Richard Norton Smith, Scholar in Residence, George Mason University, "Once again Mark Updegrove has written an incisive slice of U.S. presidential history. Fire ratchets up harrowing memories of our leaders from George Washington to Gerald Ford. A wonderful read."-Douglas Brinkley is Professor of History at Rice University "Mark Updegrove's Baptism by Fire is a splendid companion to John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage ."-Patricia O'Toole, author of When Trumpets Call: Theodore Roosevelt after the White House and The Five of Hearts: An Intimate Portrait of Henry Adams and His Friends. "At a moment of surpreme peril, Lincoln told us, 'The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion.' As Mark Updegrove vividly demonstrates in this superbly written volume, Lincoln was hardly unique in meeting the test he set out. . . .I can't imagine a more timely or original way of seeing ourselves."--Richard Norton Smith, Scholar in Residence, George Mason University, "Once again Mark Updegrove has written an incisive slice of U.S. presidential history. Fireratchets up harrowing memories of our leaders from George Washington to Gerald Ford. A wonderful read."-Douglas Brinkley is Professor of History at Rice University"Mark Updegrove'sBaptism by Fireis a splendid companion to John F. Kennedy'sProfiles in Courage." -Patricia O'Toole, author ofWhen Trumpets Call: Theodore Roosevelt after the White HouseandThe Five of Hearts: An Intimate Portrait of Henry Adams and His Friends. "At a moment of surpreme peril, Lincoln told us, 'The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion.' As Mark Updegrove vividly demonstrates in this superbly written volume, Lincoln was hardly unique in meeting the test he set out. . . .I can't imagine a more timely or original way of seeing ourselves."--Richard Norton Smith, Scholar in Residence, George Mason University , "Once again Mark Updegrove has written an incisive slice of U.S. presidential history. Fire ratchets up harrowing memories of our leaders from George Washington to Gerald Ford. A wonderful read."-Douglas Brinkley is Professor of History at Rice University "Mark Updegrove's Baptism by Fire is a splendid companion to John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage ." -Patricia O'Toole, author of When Trumpets Call: Theodore Roosevelt after the White House and The Five of Hearts: An Intimate Portrait of Henry Adams and His Friends. "At a moment of surpreme peril, Lincoln told us, 'The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion.' As Mark Updegrove vividly demonstrates in this superbly written volume, Lincoln was hardly unique in meeting the test he set out. . . .I can't imagine a more timely or original way of seeing ourselves."--Richard Norton Smith, Scholar in Residence, George Mason University
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
973.09/9
Synopsis
This history reveals how past Presidents of the United States have dealt with challenges that were there from day one. It includes how George Washington guided a fragile and fledgling nation, how Thomas Jefferson faced a bitter, bipartisan schism, and how John Kennedy took office at the height of the Cold War., The first systematic analysis of American proconsular leadership from the Spanish-American War to the present.
LC Classification Number
E176.1.U688 2009
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