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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... Union and Chief Executive Lincoln put a fragile Union back together and ended slavery. Chief Executive Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal offered hope during the Great Depression and Commander-in-Chief Roosevelt's forces won the Second World ...
... Union and Chief Executive Lincoln put a fragile Union back together and ended slavery. Chief Executive Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal offered hope during the Great Depression and Commander-in-Chief Roosevelt's forces won the Second World ...
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... Union and end slavery. Despite the often vitriolic and profuse criticism Lincoln endured as president, his actions led finally to decisive battlefield results, confirming his success as a political leader. Similarly, Franklin Roosevelt ...
... Union and end slavery. Despite the often vitriolic and profuse criticism Lincoln endured as president, his actions led finally to decisive battlefield results, confirming his success as a political leader. Similarly, Franklin Roosevelt ...
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... Union by using his philanthropic resources on behalf of its war effort, assuaging a guilty conscience for not serving in the war. He designed a program that encouraged soldiers to send home their pay and thus ease the sufferings of ...
... Union by using his philanthropic resources on behalf of its war effort, assuaging a guilty conscience for not serving in the war. He designed a program that encouraged soldiers to send home their pay and thus ease the sufferings of ...
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... Union." The words which FDR used were from Lincoln's speech to the Baltimore Sanitary Fair in 1864. "And I ask that you good people give heed to these words for, although they are three-quarters of a century old, yet I think you will ...
... Union." The words which FDR used were from Lincoln's speech to the Baltimore Sanitary Fair in 1864. "And I ask that you good people give heed to these words for, although they are three-quarters of a century old, yet I think you will ...
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... Union. And as both Washington and Lincoln, FDR had risen to the challenge: A great part of my duty as President has been to do what I could to bring our people together again. That has been my unchanging purpose since March 4, 1933. In ...
... Union. And as both Washington and Lincoln, FDR had risen to the challenge: A great part of my duty as President has been to do what I could to bring our people together again. That has been my unchanging purpose since March 4, 1933. In ...
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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