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Riccards, Michael P.

Destiny's consul America's ten greatest presidents / [electronic resource] : Michael P. Riccards. - Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012. - xii, 385 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface: how presidents become great -- George Washington: creating a nation in war and then in peace -- Thomas Jefferson: establishing popular rule -- Andrew Jackson: the president as a tribune of the people -- James K. Polk: the arts of waging conflict -- Abraham Lincoln: the commander in chief goes to war -- Theodore Roosevelt: the dynamics of domestic reform -- Woodrow Wilson: the progressive agenda at home and across the world -- Franklin D. Roosevelt: the establishment of the modern presidency -- Harry S. Truman: the first imperial president -- Ronald Reagan: unleashing right wing America -- Conclusion.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Presidents--History.--United States
Presidents--United States--Biography.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: JK511 / .R52 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 973.09/9