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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... speeches like Lincoln's will stand the test of time," he wrote. Sandburg had gone through letters, diaries, speeches ... speech, literature, moral, and religious character of the American people and their institutions. FDR believed that ...
... speeches like Lincoln's will stand the test of time," he wrote. Sandburg had gone through letters, diaries, speeches ... speech, literature, moral, and religious character of the American people and their institutions. FDR believed that ...
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... speech at Madison Square Garden, he spoke in Wilmington, Delaware, the home state of the DuPont corporation whose owners opposed the New Deal and hoped to defeat FDR's reelection. It was the perfect place to use Lincoln against the ...
... speech at Madison Square Garden, he spoke in Wilmington, Delaware, the home state of the DuPont corporation whose owners opposed the New Deal and hoped to defeat FDR's reelection. It was the perfect place to use Lincoln against the ...
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... speech, curiously, in the two successive times he closed his campaign in Wilmington in 1940 and 1944.25 Roosevelt defended his plan to reorganize the federal judiciary on March 9, 1937 in a Fireside Chat and reminded his listeners that ...
... speech, curiously, in the two successive times he closed his campaign in Wilmington in 1940 and 1944.25 Roosevelt defended his plan to reorganize the federal judiciary on March 9, 1937 in a Fireside Chat and reminded his listeners that ...
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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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