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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... Jefferson, Jackson, Wilson—and Abraham Lincoln.10 Young Franklin Roosevelt had his own impressions of Lincoln, especially the orator at Gettysburg. While at Harvard, the young man took a course in public speaking. This was in the ...
... Jefferson, Jackson, Wilson—and Abraham Lincoln.10 Young Franklin Roosevelt had his own impressions of Lincoln, especially the orator at Gettysburg. While at Harvard, the young man took a course in public speaking. This was in the ...
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... Jefferson; it was true of Andrew Jackson." Then he added: "It was true of Lincoln himself. He was called a usurper, a traitor, and a tyrant. One of his own party accused him of treachery."13 This Wilsonian Democrat found the Lincoln ...
... Jefferson; it was true of Andrew Jackson." Then he added: "It was true of Lincoln himself. He was called a usurper, a traitor, and a tyrant. One of his own party accused him of treachery."13 This Wilsonian Democrat found the Lincoln ...
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... Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt." All three of these men knew at first hand every crosscurrent of national and international life. And of the three, Jefferson was in many ways "the deepest student—the one with the most inquiring and ...
... Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt." All three of these men knew at first hand every crosscurrent of national and international life. And of the three, Jefferson was in many ways "the deepest student—the one with the most inquiring and ...
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... Jefferson than Abraham Lincoln, it would appear, because the Jeffersonian seemed to "hit nerves" or roots in the New Deal vocabulary.20 Lincoln biographer Carl Sandburg wrote one of the early New Dealers, Raymond Moley: "I see many ...
... Jefferson than Abraham Lincoln, it would appear, because the Jeffersonian seemed to "hit nerves" or roots in the New Deal vocabulary.20 Lincoln biographer Carl Sandburg wrote one of the early New Dealers, Raymond Moley: "I see many ...
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... Jefferson—both signers of the Declaration of Independence—Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant," as he gave the nation a lesson in its own history. This was a precedent worth emulating to control any abuse of the ...
... Jefferson—both signers of the Declaration of Independence—Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant," as he gave the nation a lesson in its own history. This was a precedent worth emulating to control any abuse of the ...
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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