10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America write by Steven M. Gillon. This book was released on 2006-04-04. 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Recounts the events of ten pivotal days that changed the course of American history.
Ten Days that Unexpectedly Changed America
Ten Days that Unexpectedly Changed America - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ten Days that Unexpectedly Changed America write by . This book was released on 2006. Ten Days that Unexpectedly Changed America available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Acclaimed documentary filmmakers offer a fresh, compelling look at 10 pivotal moments in American history and their often unforeseen repercussions.
Accidental Presidents
Accidental Presidents - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Accidental Presidents write by Jared Cohen. This book was released on 2020-01-28. Accidental Presidents available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This New York Times bestselling “deep dive into the terms of eight former presidents is chock-full of political hijinks—and déjà vu” (Vanity Fair) and provides a fascinating look at the men who came to the office without being elected to it, showing how each affected the nation and world. The strength and prestige of the American presidency has waxed and waned since George Washington. Eight men have succeeded to the presidency when the incumbent died in office. In one way or another they vastly changed our history. Only Theodore Roosevelt would have been elected in his own right. Only TR, Truman, Coolidge, and LBJ were re-elected. John Tyler succeeded William Henry Harrison who died 30 days into his term. He was kicked out of his party and became the first president threatened with impeachment. Millard Fillmore succeeded esteemed General Zachary Taylor. He immediately sacked the entire cabinet and delayed an inevitable Civil War by standing with Henry Clay’s compromise of 1850. Andrew Johnson, who succeeded our greatest president, sided with remnants of the Confederacy in Reconstruction. Chester Arthur, the embodiment of the spoils system, was so reviled as James Garfield’s successor that he had to defend himself against plotting Garfield’s assassination; but he reformed the civil service. Theodore Roosevelt broke up the trusts. Calvin Coolidge silently cooled down the Harding scandals and preserved the White House for the Republican Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression. Harry Truman surprised everybody when he succeeded the great FDR and proved an able and accomplished president. Lyndon B. Johnson was named to deliver Texas electorally. He led the nation forward on Civil Rights but failed on Vietnam. Accidental Presidents shows that “history unfolds in death as well as in life” (The Wall Street Journal) and adds immeasurably to our understanding of the power and limits of the American presidency in critical times.
The Pequot War
The Pequot War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Pequot War write by Alfred A. Cave. This book was released on 1996. The Pequot War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book offers the first full-scale analysis of the Pequot War (1636-37), a pivotal event in New England colonial history. Through an innovative rereading of the Puritan sources, Alfred A. Cave refutes claims that settlers acted defensively to counter a Pequot conspiracy to exterminate Europeans. Drawing on archaeological, linguistic, and anthropological evidences to trace the evolution of the conflict, he sheds new light on the motivations of the Pequots and their Indian allies, the fur trade, and the cultural values and attitudes in New England. He also provides a reappraisal of the interaction of ideology and self- interest as motivating factors in the Puritan attack on the Pequots.
Brief History of the Cold War
Brief History of the Cold War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Brief History of the Cold War write by Lee Edwards. This book was released on 2016-03-01. Brief History of the Cold War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Cold War was a crucial conflict in American history. At stake was whether the world would be dominated by the forces of totalitarianism led by the Soviet Union, or inspired by the principles of economic and political freedom embodied in the United States. The Cold War established America as the leader of the free world and a global superpower. It shaped U.S. military strategy, economic policy, and domestic politics for nearly 50 years. In A Brief History of the Cold War, distinguished scholars Lee Edwards and Elizabeth Edwards Spalding recount the pivotal events of this protracted struggle and explain the strategies that eventually led to victory for freedom. They analyze the development and implementation of containment, détente, and finally President Reagan's philosophy: "they lose, we win." The Cold War teaches important lessons about statecraft and America's indispensable role in the world.
