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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... Hoover praised Lincoln as a great builder and liberator. In the current economic crisis, he warned of the dangers which centralized government and the invasion of individual liberty would bring to the American people. As Hoover reviewed ...
... Hoover praised Lincoln as a great builder and liberator. In the current economic crisis, he warned of the dangers which centralized government and the invasion of individual liberty would bring to the American people. As Hoover reviewed ...
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... Hoover believed that President Lincoln had built a nation of villagers and the depression would be beaten, therefore, on the local level. Invoking Lincoln's image, Hoover dedicated the remodeled Lincoln tomb in Springfield that ...
... Hoover believed that President Lincoln had built a nation of villagers and the depression would be beaten, therefore, on the local level. Invoking Lincoln's image, Hoover dedicated the remodeled Lincoln tomb in Springfield that ...
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... Hoover rather than for Roosevelt and he intended it to be so. For Roosevelt himself, the differences between the two were compounded of many different things. FDR's cousin, Theodore Roosevelt had once divided American presidents into ...
... Hoover rather than for Roosevelt and he intended it to be so. For Roosevelt himself, the differences between the two were compounded of many different things. FDR's cousin, Theodore Roosevelt had once divided American presidents into ...
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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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