Lincoln's way
Subtitle: how six great Presidents created American power
By: Richard Striner.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9781442200654; 9781442200661
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865 -- Influence; Presidents -- United States -- History; Political leadership -- United States -- History; Federal government -- United States -- History; Power (Social sciences) -- United States -- History; United States -- Politics and government
Description: "In Lincoln's Way, historian Richard Striner tells the story of America's rise to global power and the presidential leaders who envisioned it and made it happen. From Abraham Lincoln to Theodore Roosevelt within the Republican Party, the legacy was passed along to Franklin Delano Roosevelt--the Democratic Roosevelt--who bequeathed it to Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and John F. Kennedy."--Book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Forgotten paths in American politics; title: From the founders to Abraham Lincoln; title: From Lincoln to Theodore Roosevelt; title: The legacy crosses party lines : from Theodore to Franklin D. Roosevelt; title: The legacy as great power statecraft : from Truman to Nixon; title: The legacy in ruins : from Carter to George W. Bush; title: Horizons.