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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... 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 major expansion of state power to fight the depression. Federal control FDR's Abraham Lincoln 13.
... 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 major expansion of state power to fight the depression. Federal control FDR's Abraham Lincoln 13.
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... liberty is lost." By no means was this the kind of government "Lincoln sought to build." President Hoover believed that President Lincoln had built a nation of villagers and the depression would be beaten, therefore, on the local level ...
... liberty is lost." By no means was this the kind of government "Lincoln sought to build." President Hoover believed that President Lincoln had built a nation of villagers and the depression would be beaten, therefore, on the local level ...
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... liberty, and happiness of all the people. On June 14, 1936, President Roosevelt made a pilgrimage to the birthplace of the Great Emancipator—a very distinctive thing for a Democratic president to do in those days. As he emerged from the ...
... liberty, and happiness of all the people. On June 14, 1936, President Roosevelt made a pilgrimage to the birthplace of the Great Emancipator—a very distinctive thing for a Democratic president to do in those days. As he emerged from the ...
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... liberty, and the American people, just now, are much in want of one. We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. With some the word liberty may mean for each man to do as he pleases with ...
... liberty, and the American people, just now, are much in want of one. We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. With some the word liberty may mean for each man to do as he pleases with ...
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... liberty . . . . Plainly, the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of the word liberty; and precisely the same difference prevails today among us human creatures ... and all professing to love liberty. Hence we behold the ...
... liberty . . . . Plainly, the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of the word liberty; and precisely the same difference prevails today among us human creatures ... and all professing to love liberty. Hence we behold 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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