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Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolutionby James M. McPhersonISBN 0195076060 (0-19-507606-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution'Book summary:James McPherson has emerged as one of America's finest historians. Battle Cry of Freedom, his Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the Civil War, was a national bestseller that Hugh Brogan, in The New York Times Book Review, called "history writing of the highest order." In that volume, McPherson gathered in the broad sweep of events, the political, social, and cultural forces at work during the Civil War era. Now, in Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution, he offers a series of thoughtful and engaging essays on aspects of Lincoln and the war that have rarely been discussed in depth.
McPherson again displays his keen insight and sterling prose as he examines several critical themes in American history. He looks closely at the President's role as Commander-in-Chief of the Union forces, showing how Lincoln forged a national military strategy for victory. He explores the importance of Lincoln's great rhetorical skills, uncovering how--through parables and figurative language--he was uniquely able to communicate both the purpose of the war and a new meaning of liberty to the people of the North. In another section, McPherson examines the Civil War as a Second American Revolution, describing how the Republican Congress elected in 1860 passed an astonishing blitz of new laws (rivaling the first hundred days of the New Deal), and how the war not only destroyed the social structure of the old South, but radically altered the balance of power in America, ending 70 years of Southern power in the national government.
The Civil War was the single most transforming and defining experience in American history, and Abraham Lincoln remains the most important figure in the pantheon of our mythology. These graceful essays, written by one of America's leading historians, offer fresh and unusual perspectives on both. [via]More editions of Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution:
Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Yearsby Carl SandburgISBN 0151007780 (0-15-100778-0)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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Absolute FriendsISBN 031600023X (0-316-00023-X)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
Find This BookBook summary:The most facile presidential comparison one could make for George W. Bush would be his father, who presided over a war in Iraq and a struggling economy. Some "neocons" reject the parallel and compare Bush to his father's predecessor, Ronald Reagan, citing a plainspoken quality and a belief in deep tax cuts. But John Dean goes further back, seeing in Bush all the secrecy and scandal of Dean's former boss, the notorious Richard Nixon. The difference, as the title of Dean's book indicates, is that Bush is a heck of a lot worse. While the book provides insightful snippets of the way Nixon used to do business, it offers them to shed light on the practices of Bush. In Dean's estimation, the secrecy with which Bush and Dick Cheney govern is not merely a preferred system of management but an obsessive strategy meant to conceal a deeply troubling agenda of corporate favoritism and a dramatic growth in unchecked power for the executive branch that put at risk the lives of American citizens, civil liberties, and the Constitution. Dean sets out to make his point by drawing attention to several areas about which Bush and Cheney have been tight-lipped: the revealing by a "senior White House official" of the identity of an undercover CIA operative whose husband questioned the administration, the health of Cheney, the identity of Cheney's energy task force, the information requested by the bi-partisan 9/11 commission, Bush's business dealings early in his career, the creation of a "shadow government", wartime prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, and scores more. He theorizes that the truth about these and many other situations, including the decision to go to war in Iraq, will eventually surface and that Bush and Cheney's secrecy is a thus far effective means of keep a lid on a rapidly multiplying set of lies and scandals that far outstrip the misdeeds that led directly to Dean's former employer resigning in disgrace. Dean's charges are impassioned and more severe than many of Bush's most persistent critics. But those charges are realized only after careful reasoning and steady logic by a man who knows his way around scandal and corruption. --John Moe [via]
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American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bushby Kevin PhillipsISBN 0143034316 (0-14-303431-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush'Book summary:Paraphrasing a passage from Machiavelli's The Prince, Kevin Phillips writes, "a ruler can ignore the mob and devote himself to the interests of the ruling class, gulling the inert majority who constitute the ruled." He then says, "Borgia references aside, 21st-century American readers of The Prince may feel that they have stumbled on a thinly disguised Bush White House political memo." These pointed words would sting regardless of who uttered them, but coming from Phillips, a former Republican strategist, they have an added piquancy. In American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush, Phillips traces the rise of the Bush family from investment banking elites to political power brokers, using their Ivy League network, vast wealth, and questionable political maneuvering to obtain the White House and consequently, shake the foundation of constitutional American democracy. Citing the Bush family mainstays of finance, energy (oil), the military industrial complex, and national security and intelligence (the CIA), Phillips uses copious examples to show the dangerous alliance between the Bushes' business interests (huge corporations such as Enron and Haliburton) and the formation of national policy. No other family, Phillips says, that has fulfilled its presidential aspirations has been so involved in the ascendancy of the arms industry and of the 21st-century American imperium--often at the expense of regional and world peace and for their personal gain.
It is hard to tell what offends Phillips the most: the Bushes' systematic deceit and secrecy, their shady business dealings, their cronyism, or their family philosophy that privileges the very wealthy and utterly dismisses all the rest. It is clearly all of these things combined. But at the top of Phillips' list is the dynastic nature of their family power, for it is that concentration of power and influence that strikes at the heart of our democracy. Past administrations have transgressed, albeit not so egregiously, and other political families have had dynastic ambitions. But none have succeeded as thoroughly as the Bushes. Jefferson and Madison would be horrified, and according to Phillips, we should be too. --Silvana Tropea [via]More editions of American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush:
Andrew Jacksonby Robert Vincent ReminiISBN 0060801328 (0-06-080132-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Arrogance of Power: The Secret World of Richard Nixonby Anthony Summers, Robbyn SwanISBN 0140260781 (0-14-026078-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Arrogance of Power: The Secret World of Richard Nixon'Book summary:Anthony Summers is the past master of scandal, the man who brought you Goddess: The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe and that unforgettable (alleged) eyewitness account of J. Edgar Hoover in a flouncy black dress. Greater experts than I must rule on Summers's exhaustively researched portrait of Richard Nixon, The Arrogance of Power, but it sure is one racy read. Summers depicts a Nixon stoned out of his mind on Seconal, single-malt Scotch, Dilantin, speed, and clinical paranoia, pummeling his wife, Pat (who was rumored to have once been rescued by the Secret Service from drunkenly drowning in a bathtub). Summers's Nixon apparently took Mickey Cohen Mob money to fund his anti-Semitic, salacious smear campaign against Helen Gahagan Douglas to get his Senate start; framed Alger Hiss with a fake typewriter; traded gold for POWs with Vietcong; and issued orders to bomb Damascus and Jordan and nuke Vietnam and Korea (orders that were ignored until Nixon sobered up in the morning). His favorite limo was the SS100X that JFK died in. Nixon's shrink reportedly also treated Rita Hayworth, spoke like Dr. Strangelove, and used "Pavlovian technique" to "brainwash Nixon into becoming a better person." No luck.
Summers's Nixon favored the Greek generals who tortured pro-democracy types, and took a bribe from Göring's pal Nicolae Malaxa, who, thanks to Nixon, traded his Romanian mansion (in which thousands of Jews were tortured and killed) for a posh Manhattan apartment. Summers's most fascinating stuff concerns the Howard Hughes/Castro/Watergate connection. Did Nixon order CIA/Mafia plots to kill Castro? Did Robert Maheu (said to have inspired Mission: Impossible) arrange "sex services" and "assassination planning" for the CIA, and spy on Jean Peters and Ava Gardner for Howard Hughes? Did Hughes give big money to Nixon under the guise of saving the fast-food "Nixonburger" franchise of Richard's brother Donald Nixon (whom Richard had the FBI spy on)? Did the Castro plot get JFK killed, as Haldeman suspected? Was the Watergate break-in (one of perhaps 100 Nixon break-ins) intended to seize information about Nixon's Hughes loans and Castro plots?
Summers tries to assess his massive data while he's presenting it, and he doesn't credit every wild tale equally. Still, without him, I would never have heard about Castro's alleged ex-girlfriend, "the Mata Hari of the Caribbean," hired by future Watergate burglars to re-seduce Castro and slip two poison pills in his coffee. But she hid the pills in her cold-cream jar, and when she took them out in their Havana Hilton bathroom, they'd melted. Besides, her close encounter with the leader left her "torn by feelings of love." The Arrogance of Power won't give you this feeling. --Tim Appelo [via]
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The Battle of New Orleans: Andrew Jackson and America's First Military Victoryby Robert V. ReminiISBN 0141001798 (0-14-100179-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Before the Trumpet: Young Franklin Roosevelt 1882-1905by Geoffrey C. WardISBN 0060913444 (0-06-091344-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Best of Times: The Boom and Bust Years of America Before and After Everything Changedby Haynes JohnsonISBN 0156027011 (0-15-602701-1)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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Cardinal Choices: Presidential Science Advising from the Atomic Bomb to Sdiby Gregg HerkenISBN 0195072103 (0-19-507210-3)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Conventionby Richard ReevesISBN 0151225826 (0-15-122582-6)
Hardcover, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
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The Dark Side of Camelotby Seymour M. HershISBN 0316360678 (0-316-36067-8)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Dark Side of Camelot'Book summary:If the Kennedys are America's royal family, then John F. Kennedy was the nation's crown prince. Magnetic, handsome, and charismatic, his perfectly coifed image overshadowed the successes and failures of his presidency, and his assassination cemented his near-mythological status in American culture and politics. Struck down in his prime, he represented the best and the brightest of America's future, and when he died, part of the nation's promise and innocence went with him. That, at least, is the public version of the story.
The private version, according to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour M. Hersh, is quite different. His meticulous investigation of Kennedy has revealed a wealth of indiscretions and malfeasance, ranging from frequent liaisons with prostitutes and mistresses to the attempted assassination of Fidel Castro to involvement in organized crime. Though scandals in the White House are nothing new, Hersh maintains that Kennedy's activities went beyond minor abuses of power and personal indulgences: they threatened the security of the nation--particularly in the realm of foreign policy--and the integrity of the office. Hersh believes it was only a matter of time before Kennedy's dealings were exposed, and only his popularity and charm, compounded by his premature death, spared such an investigation for so long. Exposure was further stalled by Bobby Kennedy's involvement in nefarious dealings, enabling him to bury any investigation of his brother and--by extension--himself.
Based on interviews with former Kennedy administration officials, former Secret Service agents, and hundreds of Kennedy's personal friends and associates, The Dark Side of Camelot rewrites the history of John F. Kennedy and his presidency. [via]
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The Day Lincoln Was Shotby James Alonzo BishopISBN 0060800054 (0-06-080005-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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The Death of a President: November 1963by William Raymond ManchesterISBN 0060915315 (0-06-091531-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Death of a President: November 20-November 25, 1963by William Raymond ManchesterISBN 0060551364 (0-06-055136-4)
Hardcover, Perennial Library
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Dereliction of Duty : Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Lies That Led to Vietnamby H. R. McMasterISBN 0060187956 (0-06-018795-6)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dereliction of Duty : Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Lies That Led to Vietnam'Book summary:For years the popular myth surrounding the Vietnam War was that the Joint Chiefs of Staff knew what it would take to win but were consistently thwarted or ignored by the politicians in power. Now H. R. McMaster shatters this and other misconceptions about the military and Vietnam in Dereliction of Duty. Himself a West Point graduate, McMaster painstakingly waded through every memo and report concerning Vietnam from every meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to build a comprehensive picture of a house divided against itself: a president and his coterie of advisors obsessed with keeping Vietnam from becoming a political issue versus the Joint Chiefs themselves, mired in interservice rivalries and unable to reach any unified goals or conclusions about the country's conduct in the war.
McMaster stresses two elements in his discussion of America's failure in Vietnam: the hubris of Johnson and his advisors and the weakness of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Dereliction of Duty provides both a thorough exploration of the military's role in determining Vietnam policy and a telling portrait of the men most responsible. [via]
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Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Lies That Led to Vietnamby H. R. McMasterISBN 0060929081 (0-06-092908-1)
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Fireside Chatsby Franklin D. RooseveltISBN 0146001001 (0-14-600100-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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First Ladiesby Betty Boyd CaroliISBN 0195092287 (0-19-509228-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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Fishbait: The Memoirs of the Congressional Doorkeeperby William Miller, Frances Spatz LeightonISBN 0133204162 (0-13-320416-2)
Hardcover, Prentice-Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fishbait: The Memoirs of the Congressional Doorkeeper'Book summary:Realidades 4 Digital Edition ©2014 provides standards-based instruction that seamlessly integrates vocabulary, grammar, communication, culture, and digital learning for upper level Spanish. This text features 12 thematic chapters with a focus on the integration of language and contemporary culture, a review and expansion of vocabulary and grammar, and extensive practice in the three modes of communication (interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational). The cultural themes allow for a deeper exploration of cultural products, practices, perspectives, and comparisons. Realidades 4 can be used effectively as the fourth year program in an articulated sequence of instruction, as a pre-AP text to Abriendo paso ©2014, or as the core text in an AP course. The program resources are available in print, on DVD-ROM, or online. The Digital Courseware, realidades.com, offers the newest and most powerful online learning system available in any high school Spanish program.
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Fitzgeralds and the Kennedysby Doris Kearns GoodwinISBN 0312063547 (0-312-06354-7)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys'Book summary:Family friend and confidant Doris Kearns Goodwin tells the story of two families whose lives shaped our times. This magnificent real-life saga reveals the ambitions that built a dynasty of American royalty--and the passions that nearly destroyed it. Soon to be an ABC-TV miniseries. HC: Simon & Schuster. (Nonfiction) [via]
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George Washington's Expense Accountby George Washington, Marvin KitmanISBN 0060971851 (0-06-097185-1)
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The Great Debatesby Sidney Kraus, Harold D. LasswellISBN 0253326311 (0-253-32631-1)
Softcover, Indiana University Press
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The Iraq Study Group Report: Authorized Editionby Lee H. Hamilton, Lawrence S. Eagleburger, James A. Baker, Iraq Study GroupISBN 0307386562 (0-307-38656-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Iraq Study Group Report: Authorized Edition'Book summary:On March 15, 2006, members from both parties in Congress supported the creation of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group to review the situation on the ground and propose strategies for the way forward. For more than eight months, the Study Group met with military officers, regional experts, academics, journalists, and high-level government officials from America and abroad. Participants included George W. Bush and members of his cabinet; Bill Clinton; Jalal Talabani; Nouri Kamal al-Maliki; Generals John Abizaid, George Casey, and Anthony Zinni; Colin Powell; Thomas Friedman; George Packer; and many others. This official edition contains the Group's findings and proposals for improving security, strengthening the new government, rebuilding the economy and infrastructure, and maintaining stability in the region. It is a highly anticipated and essential step forward for Iraq, America, and the world. [via]
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Jefferson and the Ordeal of Libertyby Dumas MaloneISBN 0316544698 (0-316-54469-8)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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Jefferson and the Rights of Manby Dumas MaloneISBN 0316544701 (0-316-54470-1)
Softcover, Xlibris Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jefferson and the Rights of Man'Book summary:The second volume in this Pulitzer Prize-winning biography tells the story of the eventful middle years in the life of Thomas Jefferson: his ministry to France in the years just before the French Revolution and during the early stages of that conflict; his service as secretary of state in President George Washington's first cabinet; the crucial period of his first differences with Alexander Hamilton and the beginnings of his long struggle with the Federalists. . [via]
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Jefferson Image in the American Mindby Merrill D. PetersonISBN 0195006984 (0-19-500698-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Jefferson the President Second Term 1805-1809by Dumas MaloneISBN 0316544655 (0-316-54465-5)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jefferson the President Second Term 1805-1809'Book summary:Dumas Malones classic six-volume biography Jefferson and His Time was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in history and became the standard work on Jeffersons life.
Volume 4. Jefferson the President; First Term, 18011805
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Examining the first four years of Jeffersons presidency, this volume provides a fascinating account of the Louisiana Purchase, Jeffersons continuing opposition to Hamiltons charge for an overriding central government, and his battle with the Supreme Court.More editions of Jefferson the President Second Term 1805-1809:
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Jefferson, the Virginianby Dumas MaloneISBN 0316544728 (0-316-54472-8)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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The Lincoln Readerby Paul M. AngleISBN 0313227578 (0-313-22757-8)
Hardcover, Greenwood Pub Group
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Lyndon B. Johnson and American Liberalism: A Brief Biography With Documentsby Bruce J. SchulmanISBN 0312416334 (0-312-41633-4)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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Man of the People: A Life of Harry S. Trumanby Alonzo L. HambyISBN 0195124979 (0-19-512497-9)
Softcover, Oxford University Press
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Manhuntby James L. SwansonISBN 0060518502 (0-06-051850-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Manhunt: The Twelve-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killerby James L. SwansonISBN 0060518499 (0-06-051849-9)
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Manhunt: The Twelve-Day Chase to Catch Lincoln's Killby James L. SwansonISBN 0060853476 (0-06-085347-6)
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Memoirs of Harry S. Truman 1946-1952ISBN 030680297X (0-306-80297-X)
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Memoirs of Harry S. Truman: Year of Decisionsby Harry S. TrumanISBN 030680266X (0-306-80266-X)
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My FBI: Bringing Down the Mafia, Investigating Bill Clinton, And Fighting the War on Terrorby Howard B. Means, Louis J. FreehISBN 0312321902 (0-312-32190-2)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'My FBI: Bringing Down the Mafia, Investigating Bill Clinton, And Fighting the War on Terror'Book summary:[via]A spectacular New York Times and Washington Post bestseller, My FBI is the definitive account of American law enforcement during the Clinton years and in the run-up to September 11. Louis Freeh is clear eyed, frank, the ultimate realist, and he offers resolute vision for the struggles ahead.
[Freeh] comes off as the real deal, an honorable, hard-working man, a devoted public servant and father, a gifted lawyer and onetime federal prosecutor. ---The New York Times
Freeh did his country a great service by staying on as FBI director to be a witness---a truth teller, if you will---to all the nefarious goings-on at the Clinton White House. As with most debates surrounding the Clinton presidency, it comes down to this: Do you believe Louis Freeh, or do you believe Bill Clinton? If there remains any doubt, this book forever answers that question. ---The Philadelphia Inquirer
In one of the years more explosive Washington memoirs, Freeh pulls no punches. ---The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The FBI that Freeh took over in the summer of 1993 was still reeling from the bloody standoff at Ruby Ridge and the conflagration at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas. Unpopular, underfunded, and understaffed, the Bureau was also creeping along in the technological Dark Ages. For eight years---the second longest tenure of any director since J. Edgar Hoover---Freeh would fight tooth and nail to turn the FBI around.
In My FBI, we follow Freeh through his five-year battle against Clinton, National Security Adviser Sandy Berger, and others to win indictments for the Khobar bombings in 2001, which stated that Iranian government officials played a role in the attack.
No wonder Bill Clinton called Freeh a law enforcement legend when he nominated him to be FBI Director. No wonder, either, that when Clinton subsequently called that appointment the worst one he made as president, Freeh considered it a badge of honor.
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My FBI: Bringing down the Mafia, Investigating Bill Clinton, and Fighting the War on Terrorby Louis J. Freeh, Howard MeansISBN 0312321899 (0-312-32189-9)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'My FBI: Bringing down the Mafia, Investigating Bill Clinton, and Fighting the War on Terror'Book summary:Louis Freeh led the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1993 to 2001, through some of the most tumultuous times in its long history. This is the story of a life in law enforcement, and of one mans determined struggle to strengthen and reform the FBI while ensuring its freedom from political interference.[via]
Bill Clinton called Freeh a law enforcement legend when he nominated him as FBI Director. The good feelings would not last. Going toe-to-toe with his boss during the scandal-plagued 90s, Freeh fought hard to defend his agency from political interference and to protect America from the growing threat of international terrorism. When Clinton later called that appointment the worst one he had made as president, Freeh considered it a badge of honor.
This is Freehs entire story, from his Catholic upbringing in New
Jersey to law school, the FBI training academy, his career as a US District attorney and as a federal judge, and finally his eight years as the nations top cop. This is the definitive account of American law enforcement in the run-up to September 11. Freeh is clear-eyed, frank, the ultimate realist, and he offers resolute vision for the struggles ahead.More editions of My FBI: Bringing down the Mafia, Investigating Bill Clinton, and Fighting the War on Terror:
Nixon: An Oral History of His Presidencyby Gerald S. Strober, Deborah H. StroberISBN 0060927097 (0-06-092709-7)
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The Politics of American Governmentby Richard L. Cole, David M. O'Brien, Wayne, Stephen J. Wayne, G. Calvin MacKenzieISBN 031219093X (0-312-19093-X)
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The Politics of American Government: Basic Versionby Richard L. Cole, David M. O'Brien, Stephen J. Wayne, G. Calvin MacKenzieISBN 0312190948 (0-312-19094-8)
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The Politics of American Government: Foundations, Participation, and Institutionsby Wayne, G. Calvin MacKenzie, D.M. Obrien, R.L. ColeISBN 0312111681 (0-312-11168-1)
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The Portable Abraham Lincolnby Andrew DelbancoISBN 0140170316 (0-14-017031-6)
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Presidential Anecdotesby Paul F. BollerISBN 0195097319 (0-19-509731-9)
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Presidential Campaignsby Paul F. BollerISBN 0195037227 (0-19-503722-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Presidential Campaigns'Book summary:Campaigning for the presidency demands strength and courage. Teddy Roosevelt was once shot in the chest just before a campaign speech--but he insisted on delivering his hour-and-a-half oration anyway. Presidential nominees have to know how to play the game, moreover, whether they care for it or not. When Andrew Jackson was visiting one town, according to a campaign tale, a proud mother handed a dirty-faced baby up for him to hold. "Here is a beautiful specimen of young American childhood," said Jackson obligingly. "Note the brightness of that eye, the great strength of those limbs, and the sweetness of those lips." Then he handed the baby to his friend John Eaton. "Kiss him, Eaton," he cried, and walked away. And all presidential hopefuls have to find ways of smoothing over the unfortunate gaffes they sometimes commit. During the 1992 campaign, Bill Clinton provoked so much mirth when he said he once tried marijuana but found he couldn't inhale, that he subsequently appeared on television to play his saxophone and told the host he took up the instrument because it didn't require inhaling: "You blow out."
Now, in a revised and updated edition, this enlightening and endlessly entertaining book unveils the whole history of American presidential elections from Washington to Clinton--those clamorous showdowns that have so perplexed, pleased, amused, irked, and fascinated the American people from the very beginning. As Charles Dickens observed, American voters are scarcely finished with one campaign when they start in on another.
Presidential Campaigns brings these boisterous contests to life in all their richness and complexity. In the old days, Boller shows, campaigns were much rowdier than they are today. Back in the nineteenth century, the invective at election time was exuberant and the mudslinging unrestrained; a candidate might be called everything from a carbuncle-faced old drunkard to a howling atheist. But there was plenty of fun and games, too, with songs, slogans, rallies, leaflets, torchlight parades, picnics, and, inescapably, a lot of hyperbolic oratory, livening up the scene as party workers sought to get people to the polls. Despite the mudslinging and hot air, however, many of the campaigns touched off popular debates about vital public issues, and there were many candidates (like Adlai E. Stevenson in 1952) who insisted on "talking sense to the American people." Presidential Campaigns takes note of the serious side of the elections even as it documents the frenzy, the frolic, and the sleaze. Each chapter contains a brief essay describing every election from 1789 to 1992, and then presents some "campaign highlights"--songs, poems, slogans, jokes, and anecdotes--that help bring to life the quadrennial confrontation in all its shame and glory.
Presidential Campaigns makes one thing clear: the "great American shindig" (as one Englishman called it) is, for all its shortcomings, an essential part of the American democratic system and, for better or for worse, tells us much about ourselves. [via]More editions of Presidential Campaigns:
Presidential Campaignsby Boller, Paul F., Jr.ISBN 0195107160 (0-19-510716-0)
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Presidential Campaigns : From George Washington to George W. Bushby Boller, Paul F., Jr.ISBN 0195167163 (0-19-516716-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Presidential Campaigns : From George Washington to George W. Bush'Book summary:Were presidential campaigns always as bitter as they have been in recent years? Or is the current style of campaigning a new political development? In this revised and updated edition of Presidential Campaigns the answers to these questions are clear: the race for the presidency, although at times mean and nasty, has always been an endlessly entertaining and highly-charged spectacle for the American public. This book unveils the whole history of American presidential elections, from the seamless ascent of General George Washington to the bitterly contested election of George W. Bush, bringing these boisterous contests to life in all their richness and complexity. In the old days, Boller shows, campaigns were much rowdier than they are today. Back in the nineteenth century, the invective at election time was exuberant and the mudslinging unrestrained; a candidate might be called everything from a carbuncle-faced old drunkard to a howling atheist. But there was plenty of fun and games, too, with songs and slogans, speeches and parades, all livening up the scene in order to get people to the polls. Presidential Campaigns takes note of the serious side of elections even as it documents the frenzy, frolic and the sleaze. Each chapter contains a brief essay describing an election and presenting "campaign highlights" that bring to life the quadrennial confrontation in all its shame and glory. With a postscript analyzing the major changes in the ways Americans have chosen their Presidents from Washington's time to the present, Presidential Campaigns gives the reader a full picture of this somewhat flawed procedure. For all of its shortcomings, though, this "great American shindig" is an essential part of the American democratic system and, for better or for worse, tells us much about ourselves. [via]
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Presidential Campaigns: From George Washington to George W. Bushby Paul F. BollerISBN 0195167155 (0-19-516715-5)
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With a postscript analyzing the major changes in the ways Americans have chosen their Presidents from Washington's time to the present, Presidential Campaigns gives the reader a full picture of this somewhat flawed procedure. For all of its shortcomings, though, this "great American shindig" is an essential part of the American democratic system and, for better or for worse, tells us much about ourselves. [via]More editions of Presidential Campaigns: From George Washington to George W. Bush:
The Presidential Character: Predicting Performance in the White Houseby James David BarberISBN 0136974589 (0-13-697458-9)
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Presidential Power and the Modern Presidentsby Richard E. NeustadtISBN 0029227968 (0-02-922796-8)
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Profiles in Courageby John F. Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, Robert F. KennedyISBN 0060544392 (0-06-054439-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Profiles in Courage'Book summary:Written in 1955 by the then junior senator from the state of Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage served as a clarion call to every American. The inspiring true accounts of eight unsung heroic acts by American patriots at different junctures in our nation's history, Kennedy's book became required reading, an instant classic, and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Now, a half-century later, it remains a moving, powerful, and relevant testament to the indomitable national spirit and an unparalleled celebration of that most noble of human virtues.
This special "P.S." edition of Profiles in Courage commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the book's publication. Included in this new edition, along with vintage photographs and an extensive author biography, are Kennedy's correspondence about the writing project, contemporary reviews of the book, a letter from Ernest Hemingway, and two rousing speeches from recipients of the Profile in Courage Award.
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Profiles in Courageby Robert F. Kennedy, John F. KennedyISBN 0060806982 (0-06-080698-2)
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A Question of Character : A Life of John F. Kennedyby Thomas C. ReevesISBN 0029259657 (0-02-925965-7)
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Reagan on Leadership: Executive Lessons from the Great Communicatorby James M. StrockISBN 0076151336 (0-07-615133-6)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Reagan's Americaby Garry WillsISBN 0140105573 (0-14-010557-3)
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Ronald Reagan : His Life in Picturesby James SpadaISBN 0312269900 (0-312-26990-0)
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Rough Ridersby Theodore RooseveltISBN 0306804050 (0-306-80405-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rough Riders'Book summary:The advent of war with Spain was a glorious opportunity for forceful leadership not to be missed by the hotheaded young Theodore Roosevelt. He resigned his post as assistant-secretary of the Navy in April, 1898, and, despite the strong disapproval of family and friends, he joined the Army as Lt. Colonel of a regiment to be raised in the territories of Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. He ordered a uniform from Brooks Brothers, a dozen pairs of steel spectacles, a couple of good, stout, quiet horses, and he was off to train his volunteers at San Antonio. The Rough Riders were a most unusual regiment. Informal, independent, made up of ex-cowboys, Western bad men, and Ivy League graduates, Roosevelts troops made a poor impression on Army regulars but provided excellent copy for the nations newspapers. On July 22, 1898, this motley cavalry regiment waded ashore in Cuba, and before the summer was over the Rough Riders and their impatient, dynamic leader were familiar to virtually every household in the nation. Roosevelt was being considered for nomination to the governorship of New York, and his march to the Presidency had begun. From the time he left Washington to join his regiment for training in Texas to their triumphant return from Cuba, Roosevelt kept daily records of his thoughts and experiences. These jottings formed the basis of this book, by far the best firsthand story of the Spanish-American War. Published in 1899 to instant acclaim, The Rough Riders is written with Roosevelts typical gusto. His writing is remarkable for his sure sense of personality and the spontaneity and directness of his prose. Reading the book, it is impossible not to sense the exhilaration of battle, or the moral purpose behind it all. The Rough Riders remains one of the great war stories of our time, and offers an invaluable look at one of the most colorful presidents of the United States.[via]More editions of Rough Riders:
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The Sage of Monticelloby Dumas MaloneISBN 0316544639 (0-316-54463-9)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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Volume 6. The Sage of Monticello
This final volume provides an all-encompassing account of Jeffersons accomplishments, friendships, and family difficulties in his last seventeen years, revealing his shift from the realm of politics to his roles as family man, architect, and educational enthusiast. Describing Jeffersons retirement from Washington, this volume recounts the events that formed Jeffersons final years, particularly the founding of the Library of Congress and the University of Virginia, in which he played a major role.
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See How They Ran: The Changing Role of the Presidential Candidateby Gil TroyISBN 0029330351 (0-02-933035-1)
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Thomas Jefferson and the New Nation: A Biographyby Merrill D. PetersonISBN 0195019091 (0-19-501909-1)
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The Uncommon Wisdom of Ronald Reagan: A Portrait in His Own Wordsby Bill Adler, Ronald ReaganISBN 0316056006 (0-316-05600-6)
Hardcover, Xlibris Corp
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An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963by Robert DallekISBN 0316172383 (0-316-17238-3)
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The Vantage Point: Perspectives of the Presidency, 1963-1969by Lyndon B. JohnsonISBN 0030844924 (0-03-084492-4)
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Washington's Crossingby David Hackett FischerISBN 019518159X (0-19-518159-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Washington's Crossing'Book summary:Six months after the Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution was all but lost. A powerful British force had routed the Americans at New York, occupied three colonies, and advanced within sight of Philadelphia.
Yet, as David Hackett Fischer recounts in this riveting history, George Washington--and many other Americans--refused to let the Revolution die. On Christmas night, as a howling nor'easter struck the Delaware Valley, he led his men across the river and attacked the exhausted Hessian garrison at Trenton, killing or capturing nearly a thousand men. A second battle of Trenton followed within days. The Americans held off a counterattack by Lord Cornwallis's best troops, then were almost trapped by the British force. Under cover of night, Washington's men stole behind the enemy and struck them again, defeating a brigade at Princeton. The British were badly shaken. In twelve weeks of winter fighting, their army suffered severe damage, their hold on New Jersey was broken, and their strategy was ruined.
Fischer's richly textured narrative reveals the crucial role of contingency in these events. We see how the campaign unfolded in a sequence of difficult choices by many actors, from generals to civilians, on both sides. While British and German forces remained rigid and hierarchical, Americans evolved an open and flexible system that was fundamental to their success. The startling success of Washington and his compatriots not only saved the faltering American Revolution, but helped to give it new meaning. [via] -
When Character Was King: A Story of Ronald Reaganby Peggy NoonanISBN 0142001686 (0-14-200168-6)
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Why England Sleptby John F. KennedyISBN 0313228744 (0-313-22874-4)
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Will: The Autobiography of G. Gordon Liddyby G. Gordon LiddyISBN 0312119151 (0-312-11915-1)
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