TY - BOOK AU - Riccards,Michael P. ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - Destiny's consul: America's ten greatest presidents AV - JK511 .R52 2012 U1 - 973.09/9 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Lanham, Md. PB - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers KW - Presidents KW - United States KW - History KW - Biography KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bcsl-ebooks/detail.action?docID=951039 ER -