Franklin D.Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln: Competing Perspectives on Two Great PresidenciesAbraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt are widely considered the two greatest presidents of the past two centuries. How did these two very different men rise to power, run their administrations, and achieve greatness? How did they set their policies, rally public opinion, and transform the nation? Were they ultimately more different or alike? This anthology compares these two presidents and presidencies, examining their legacies, leadership styles, and places in history. |
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... Party—their sixteenth president—for his own purposes.3 By the time of his death, shortly before the end of another ... Democratic national convention: "With firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive to finish ...
... Party—their sixteenth president—for his own purposes.3 By the time of his death, shortly before the end of another ... Democratic national convention: "With firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive to finish ...
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... party accused him of treachery."13 This Wilsonian Democrat found the Lincoln example a comfort. He would set about transforming Lincoln into a symbol for the "new" Democratic party. It was "the reactionists in the Republican party" who ...
... party accused him of treachery."13 This Wilsonian Democrat found the Lincoln example a comfort. He would set about transforming Lincoln into a symbol for the "new" Democratic party. It was "the reactionists in the Republican party" who ...
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... parties, called by two different and incompatible names—liberty and tyranny. And ... party. He repeated this same speech, curiously, in the two successive times ... Democratic president made even greater use of Lincoln's image 20 Rietveld.
... parties, called by two different and incompatible names—liberty and tyranny. And ... party. He repeated this same speech, curiously, in the two successive times ... Democratic president made even greater use of Lincoln's image 20 Rietveld.
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... Democratic president made even greater use of Lincoln's image in 1938, a year when he intended to purge the Democratic party ... party responsibility requires that one of its parties be the liberal party and the other be the conservative ...
... Democratic president made even greater use of Lincoln's image in 1938, a year when he intended to purge the Democratic party ... party responsibility requires that one of its parties be the liberal party and the other be the conservative ...
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... Democratic party from "the long line of national leadership—from Jefferson to Wilson—and preeminently from old Andrew Jackson himself." Although FDR had not yet listed Lincoln among the Democratic party "great," it was only a matter of ...
... Democratic party from "the long line of national leadership—from Jefferson to Wilson—and preeminently from old Andrew Jackson himself." Although FDR had not yet listed Lincoln among the Democratic party "great," it was only a matter of ...
Contents
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Comparative Political Leadership | 153 |
Teaching a Legacy | 213 |
Chronology | 247 |
Biographical Digest | 258 |
Selected Bibliography | 271 |
List of Contributors | 280 |
Index | 281 |
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