American Caesars: Lives of the Presidents from Flranklin D. Roosevelt to George W. Bush
New Haven: Yale, 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover_boards. 6.25"x9.5". 596 indexed pages. 2nd printing. Black boards w/silver metallic letters on spine. Typeset in DanteMT by Palimpsest Book Production. Jacket photo c George Tames. Spine straight, binding tight. Light soiling through out. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Collectible - VeryGood / Near Fine. Item #13127
ISBN: 9780300169287
--Modeled on one of the most famous histories of ancient Rome (The Twelve Caesars), Nigel Hamilton's new book, American Caesars, looks afresh at the lives and careers of the twelve leaders of the American empire since World War II, from Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W. Bush.President by president, Hamilton relates and examines the presidents? unique characters, their paths to Pennsylvania Avenue, their effectiveness as global leaders, and their lessons in governance, both good and bad. With uncompromising candor he looks at how these powerful men responded to the challenges that defined their presidencies?FDR's role as a war leader, Harry Truman's decision to mount a Berlin Airlift rather than pursue military confrontation with the Soviets, Lyndon Johnson's undertaking of controversia...
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