A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian recounts the tale of the unwanted president who ran afoul of Congress over Reconstruction and was nearly removed from office
Andrew Johnson never expected to be president. But just six weeks after becoming Abraham Lincoln's vice president, the events at Ford's Theatre thrust him into the nation's highest office.
Johnson faced a nearly impossible task--to succeed America's greatest chief executive, to bind the nation's wounds after the Civil War, and to work with a Congress controlled by the so-called Radical Republicans. Annette Gordon-Reed, one of America's leading historians of slavery, shows how ill-suited Johnson was for this daunting task. His vision of reconciliation abandoned the millions of former slaves (for whom he felt undisguised contempt) and antagonized congressional leaders, who tried to limit his powers and eventually impeached him.
The climax of Johnson's presidency was his trial in the Senate and his acquittal by a single vote, which Gordon-Reed recounts with drama and palpable tension. Despite his victory, Johnson's term in office was a crucial missed opportunity; he failed the country at a pivotal moment, leaving America with problems that we are still trying to solve.
Автор: Roy Jenkins; Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr, Series Edit Название: Amer Pres: Roosevelt ABR CD ISBN: 1559279621 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781559279628 Издательство: Holtzbrink(MPS)/MPS Рейтинг: Цена: 1835.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Schlesinger Arthur M. Название: Nothing Stands Still ISBN: 0674422104 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780674422100 Издательство: Harvard University Press Рейтинг: Цена: 8966.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Schlesinger Arthur M. Название: Kennedy or Nixon: What`s the Difference? ISBN: 1501199382 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781501199387 Издательство: Simon & Schuster Цена: 1608.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In an attempt to explore the facile and fashionable cliches of presidential campaigns, American historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. illuminates the differences between the campaigns of John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon to evaluate what those differences predicted about the future of the nation. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. examines the similarities and differences between the intense presidential campaigns of John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon in 1960. With the introduction of television to air speeches and debates, the race between Kennedy and Nixon brought about a new style of campaign that truly had America questioning "What is the difference between your two parties?" Giving commentary on one of the most famous presidential races in American history, Schlesinger examines the candidates, their personalities, their policies, and their Parties in order to establish a considerable difference between JFK and Nixon, showing readers that those very differences would become vital to the safety and survival of the nation.
Автор: Robert V. Remini; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Gene Название: John Quincy Adams ISBN: 0805069399 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780805069396 Издательство: Holtzbrink(MPS)/MPS Рейтинг: Цена: 3219.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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A vivid portrait of a man whose pre- and post-presidential careers overshadowed his presidency.
Chosen president by the House of Representatives after an inconclusive election against Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams often failed to mesh with the ethos of his era, pushing unsuccessfully for a strong, consolidated national government. Historian Robert V. Remini recounts how in the years before his presidency Adams was a shrewd, influential diplomat, and later, as a dynamic secretary of state under President James Monroe, he solidified many basic aspects of American foreign policy, including the Monroe Doctrine. Undoubtedly his greatest triumph was the negotiation of the Transcontinental Treaty, through which Spain acknowledged Florida to be part of the United States. After his term in office, he earned the nickname Old Man Eloquent for his passionate antislavery speeches.
Автор: Arthur Schlesinger Название: Age of Jackson ISBN: 0316773433 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780316773430 Издательство: Hachette Book Group Цена: 3299.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Garry Wills; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Series Ed Название: Amer Pres: Madison UAB CAS ISBN: 1559277378 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781559277372 Издательство: Holtzbrink(MPS)/MPS Рейтинг: Цена: 2386.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Joyce Appleby; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Series Название: Amer Pres: Thomas Jefferson UAB C ISBN: 1559278277 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781559278270 Издательство: Holtzbrink(MPS)/MPS Рейтинг: Цена: 2386.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Ted Widmer; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., General Ed Название: Amer Pres: Van Buren ISBN: 1559278803 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781559278805 Издательство: Holtzbrink(MPS)/MPS Рейтинг: Цена: 2754.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: John Seigenthaler; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Ser Название: Amer Pres: Polk (Cancelled) ISBN: 1559278285 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781559278287 Издательство: Holtzbrink(MPS)/MPS Рейтинг: Цена: 2386.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Annette Gordon-Reed and Arthur M. Schlesinger Название: Andrew Johnson ISBN: 1427202931 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781427202932 Издательство: Holtzbrink(MPS)/MPS Рейтинг: Цена: 2754.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Josiah Bunting III; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Ge Название: Ulysses S. Grant ISBN: 0805069496 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780805069495 Издательство: Holtzbrink(MPS)/MPS Рейтинг: Цена: 3219.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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The underappreciated presidency of the military man who won the Civil War and then had to win the peace as well
As a general, Ulysses S. Grant is routinely described in glowing terms-the man who turned the tide of the Civil War, who accepted Lee's surrender at Appomattox, and who had the stomach to see the war through to final victory. But his presidency is another matter-the most common word used to characterize it is scandal. Grant is routinely portrayed as a man out of his depth, whose trusting nature and hands-off management style opened the federal coffers to unprecedented plunder. But that caricature does not do justice to the realities of Grant's term in office, as Josiah Bunting III shows in this provocative assessment of our eighteenth president. Grant came to Washington in 1869 to lead a capital and a country still bitterly divided by four years of civil war. His predecessor, Andrew Johnson, had been impeached and nearly driven from office, and the radical Republicans in Congress were intent on imposing harsh conditions on the Southern states before allowing them back into the Union. Grant made it his priority to forge the states into a single nation, and Bunting shows that despite the troubles that characterized Grant's terms in office, he was able to accomplish this most important task-very often through the skillful use of his own popularity with the American people. Grant was indeed a military man of the highest order, and he was a better president than he is often given credit for.
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