Author: Michael John Sullivan
Publisher: SP Books
ISBN: 9781561710935
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 308

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An intimate, and often shocking, look at the true extramarital exploits of America's Presidents. Beyond JFK's notorious philandering (a proven national security danger), surprising "affairs of state" involve presidents from LBJ to Eisenhower all the way back to Jefferson (who kept a slave mistress) and Washington. Photographs.

Author: Michael John Sullivan
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
ISBN: 9780517088777
Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 144

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Author: Roderick P. Hart
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108490816
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 281

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Trump won the presidency not because of partisanship, policy, or economic factors but because of how he makes people feel.

Author: Andrew Burstein
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 030742913X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 322

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Most people vaguely imagine Andrew Jackson as a jaunty warrior and a man of the people, but he was much more—a man just as complex and controversial as Jefferson or Lincoln. Now, with the first major reinterpretation of his life in a generation, historian Andrew Burstein brings back Jackson with all his audacity and hot-tempered rhetoric. The unabashedly aggressive Jackson came of age in the Carolinas during the American Revolution, migrating to Tennessee after he was orphaned at the age of fourteen. Little more than a poorly educated frontier bully when he first opened his public career, he was possessed of a controlling sense of honor that would lead him into more than one duel. As a lover, he fled to Spanish Mississippi with his wife-to-be before she was divorced. Yet when he was declared a national hero upon his stunning victory at the Battle of New Orleans, Jackson suddenly found the presidency within his grasp. How this brash frontiersman took Washington by storm makes a fascinating story, and Burstein tells it thoughtfully and expertly. In the process he reveals why Jackson was so fiercely loved (and fiercely hated) by the American people, and how his presidency came to shape the young country’s character.

Author: Samuel P. Huntington
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674030213
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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Huntington examines the persistent gap between the promise of American ideals and the performance of American politics. He shows how Americans have always been united by the democratic creed of liberty, equality, and hostility to authority, but how these ideals have been frustrated through institutions and hierarchies needed to govern a democracy.

Author: Richard Franklin Bensel
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521717620
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 312

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Bensel argues that Bryan's 'Cross of Gold' address exploited a climate of political passion.

Author: Gary L. Gregg
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780847683789
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 266

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For two centuries, American presidents have considered themselves to be representatives of the American people. In this detailed study of presidential representation, Gary Gregg explores the theory, history, and consequences of presidents acting as representatives in the American political system. Gregg explores questions such as what it means to be a representative, how the Founding Fathers understood the place of the presidency in the Republic established by the Constitution, and the effects a representational presidency has on deliberative democracy. This important examination of the presidency's place in our political system is essential reading for those interested in American political theory, constitutional studies, and American history.

Author: Paul F. Boller
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780151006120
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 444

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Paul F. Boller, Jr.'s widely admired and bestselling anecdotal histories have uncovered new aspects and hidden dimensions in the lives of our presidents. Now he turns to an uncharted--but unexpectedly revealing--element of our leaders' personalities as he brings us stories of what the presidents did for fun.In thumbnail portraits of every president through George W. Bush, Boller chronicles their taste in games, sports, and cultural activities. George Washington had a passion for dancing and John Quincy Adams skinny-dipped in the Potomac; Grover Cleveland loved beer gardens and Woodrow Wilson made a failed effort to write fiction; Calvin Coolidge cherished his afternoon naps, as did Lyndon Johnson his four-pack-a-day cigarette habit; Jimmy Carter was a surprisingly skilled high diver and Bush Senior loved to parachute. The sketches revitalize even the most familiar of our leaders, showing us a new side of our presidents--and their presidencies.

Author: Anton J. Gunn
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781642250206
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 200

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Lead Like A Commander-In-Chief: Historically, presidents have represented the apex of leadership. Though there are a myriad of variations in presidential leadership, author Anton Gunn has experienced some striking similarities that all strong leaders present. In a blend of Anton's personal stories and his experiences with Presidents George H.W. Bush, Clinton, George W. Bush, and Obama, The Presidential Principles aims to help individual and organizational leaders develop effective leadership practices that inspire service and build a lasting impact on the people they lead and serve. Divided into three main parts--service, empowerment, and legacy--the book dives deep into each of the seven principles that Anton believes only the best leaders exemplify. Principles like "inspire others through your action," and "preach what you know," are only a couple of essential lessons for anyone who wants to improve their leadership. As a leadership coach and a former politician, Anton knows what it takes to be a powerful leader. Let The Presidential Principles help you learn leadership traits that will allow you to impact your organization the way the President has an impact on America.

Author: Roderick P. Hart
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108846629
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 281

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Why did 62 million Americans vote for Donald Trump? Trump and Us offers a fresh perspective on this question, taking seriously the depth and breadth of Trump's support. An expert in political language, Roderick P. Hart turns to Trump's words, voters' remarks, and media commentary for insight. The book offers the first systematic rhetorical analysis of Trump's 2016 campaign and early presidency, using text analysis and archives of earlier presidential campaigns to uncover deep emotional undercurrents in the country and provide historical comparison. Trump and Us pays close attention to the emotional dimensions of politics, above and beyond cognition and ideology. Hart argues it was not partisanship, policy, or economic factors that landed Trump in the Oval Office but rather how Trump made people feel.