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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... crises who guided a country torn by war, one internal, the other external. Commander-in-Chief Abraham Lincoln preserved the Union and Chief Executive Lincoln put a fragile Union back together and ended slavery. Chief Executive Franklin ...
... crises who guided a country torn by war, one internal, the other external. Commander-in-Chief Abraham Lincoln preserved the Union and Chief Executive Lincoln put a fragile Union back together and ended slavery. Chief Executive Franklin ...
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... crises he had to face."1 At the time of TR's swearing in as president on March 4, 1905, Secretary of State John Hay, Lincoln's young presidential secretary and his father's friend, gave the new president a ring with a locket of hair ...
... crises he had to face."1 At the time of TR's swearing in as president on March 4, 1905, Secretary of State John Hay, Lincoln's young presidential secretary and his father's friend, gave the new president a ring with a locket of hair ...
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... crisis with difficult tasks and endless problems to overcome. But as a member of Wilson's cabinet during the attacks on the president in 1920, Roosevelt recalled from history that "most of our great deeds have been brought about by the ...
... crisis with difficult tasks and endless problems to overcome. But as a member of Wilson's cabinet during the attacks on the president in 1920, Roosevelt recalled from history that "most of our great deeds have been brought about by the ...
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... crisis, he warned of the dangers which centralized government and the invasion of individual liberty would bring to the American people. As Hoover reviewed Lincoln's role as the Great Emancipator, he could not find any precedent for a ...
... crisis, he warned of the dangers which centralized government and the invasion of individual liberty would bring to the American people. As Hoover reviewed Lincoln's role as the Great Emancipator, he could not find any precedent for a ...
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... crisis when Roosevelt became president. If a leader can associate a current crisis with the actions of a president like Lincoln, he can give an immediacy and a focus which sets the nation on the path to resolution. As Lincoln before him ...
... crisis when Roosevelt became president. If a leader can associate a current crisis with the actions of a president like Lincoln, he can give an immediacy and a focus which sets the nation on the path to resolution. As Lincoln before him ...
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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