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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... White House 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt's Abraham Lincoln ...............................10 Ronald D. Rietveld 2. Two Wartime Elections: The Presidential Elections of 1864 and 1944 ................................................
... White House 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt's Abraham Lincoln ...............................10 Ronald D. Rietveld 2. Two Wartime Elections: The Presidential Elections of 1864 and 1944 ................................................
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... president of the nineteenth century and Franklin D. Roosevelt as his twentieth century counterpart.1 Both were presidents during national crises who guided a country torn by war, one internal, the other external. Commander-in-Chief ...
... president of the nineteenth century and Franklin D. Roosevelt as his twentieth century counterpart.1 Both were presidents during national crises who guided a country torn by war, one internal, the other external. Commander-in-Chief ...
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... president must operate within a system of checks and balances with the other two branches of government or that the public retained the final responsibility to pass judgment on them through the election process. Roosevelt understood ...
... president must operate within a system of checks and balances with the other two branches of government or that the public retained the final responsibility to pass judgment on them through the election process. Roosevelt understood ...
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... president conspicuously hanging on his elementary schoolhouse wall. That visual contact in childhood sparked a lifelong interest in Abraham Lincoln, an illustration on a small scale of the broader role that public monuments may have by ...
... president conspicuously hanging on his elementary schoolhouse wall. That visual contact in childhood sparked a lifelong interest in Abraham Lincoln, an illustration on a small scale of the broader role that public monuments may have by ...
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... presidential greats. They were guided by the democratic leadership of their predecessors, and the public rewarded them with reelection. Successor generations pay tribute to the legacy of their democratic leadership through public ...
... presidential greats. They were guided by the democratic leadership of their predecessors, and the public rewarded them with reelection. Successor generations pay tribute to the legacy of their democratic leadership through public ...
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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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