Destiny's consul
Subtitle: America's ten greatest presidents
By: Michael P. Riccards
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 385
ISBN-13: 9781442216242; 9781442216266
Subjects: Presidents; Biography; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preface: how presidents become great; title: George Washington: creating a nation in war and then in peace; title: Thomas Jefferson: establishing popular rule; title: Andrew Jackson: the president as a tribune of the people; title: James K. Polk: the arts of waging conflict; title: Abraham Lincoln: the commander in chief goes to war; title: Theodore Roosevelt: the dynamics of domestic reform; title: Woodrow Wilson: the progressive agenda at home and across the world; title: Franklin D. Roosevelt: the establishment of the modern presidency; title: Harry S. Truman: the first imperial president; title: Ronald Reagan: unleashing right wing America; title: Conclusion.