Elusive victories the American presidency at war
On April 4, 1864, Abraham Lincoln made a shocking admission about his presidency during the Civil War. "I claim not to have controlled events," he wrote in a letter, "but confess plainly that events have controlled me." Lincoln's words carry an invaluable lesson for wartime...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press
2012.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b33906403*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Lincoln casts a shadow
- A war to transform the world: Woodrow Wilson
- Freedom of action: Franklin Roosevelt
- Staying the course: Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon
- The perils of optimism: George W. Bush
- Inheriting a bad hand: Barack Obama
- Conclusion: past and future.
