Presidential leadership
Subtitle: 15 decisions that changed the nation
By: by Nick Ragone
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Amherst, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9781616142377
Subjects: Politics and government; Case studies; Political leadership; Presidents; Decision making; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Washington puts down the Whiskey Rebellion; title: Jefferson purchases the Louisiana Territory; title: Andrew Jackson and the nullification crisis; title: Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation; title: Teddy Roosevelt builds the Panama Canal; title: Woodrow Wilson and the League of Nations; title: Franklin Roosevelt and the lend lease program; title: Truman drops the bomb; title: Truman fires MaCarthur; title: Eisenhower, Kennedy, and the race to the moon; title: Lyndon Johnson and civil rights; title: Richard Nixon visits China; title: Ford pardons Nixon; title: Ronald Reagan and the evil empire speech; title: Barack Obama takes on healthcare reform.