Aktion	Zweigstelle	Standorte	Status	Frist	Vorbestellungen
Vorbestellen	Zweigstelle: 07., Urban-Loritz-Pl. 2a	Standorte: GE.UMA Grau / College 2d - Geschichte / Sammlung Duffek	Status: Verfügbar	Frist:	Vorbestellungen: 0

VERLAGSTEXT: / / In this magisterial examination of the Presidency over the course of the 20th Century, the author explores the history of the world's greatest elective office and the role each incumbent has played in changing the scope of its powers. Using individual presidential portraits of each of the presidents of the past century Graubard asks, and answers, a wide variety of crucial questions about each President. What intellectual, social and political assets did they bring to the White House, and how quickly did they deplete or mortgage that capital? How well did they cope with crises, foreign and domestic? How much attention did they pay to their election pledges after they were elected? How did they use the media, old and new? Above all, how did they conduct themselves in office and what legacy did they leave to their successors? Graubard provides original analysis in each case, and reaches many surprising conclusions. / / AUS DEM INHALT: / / The Presidency / 1. Of a republic transformed by kings, courtiers, and warriors | 3 / 2. Accidental presidents and vice presidential heirs apparent | 40 / 3. Let the people speak: no more smoke-filled rooms | 61 / / The Presidents / 4. To be a king: Theodore Roosevelt | 85 / 5. The dauphin: William Taft | 127 / 6. The Democratic interloper: Woodrow Wilson | 148 / 7. Back to normalcy: Warren Harding | 202 / 8. The great enigma: Calvin Coolidge | 214 / 9. The engineer: Herbert Hoover | 228 / 10. The savior: Franklin Delano Roosevelt | 243 / 11. The creator: Harry S. Truman | 299 / 12. The general: Dwight D. Eisenhower | 350 / 13. The boy wonder: John F. Kennedy | 398 / 14. The Texan: Lyndon B. Johnson | 436 / 15. The villain?: Richard Nixon | 470 / 16. The innocent: Gerald Ford | 513 / 17. The new Georgia: Jimmy Carter | 527 / 18. The actor: Ronald Reagan | 547 / 19. The Connecticut Yankee in disguise: George Bush | 588 / 20. The rake's progress: Bill Clinton | 616 / 21. Reagan's boy: George W. Bush | 664 /