Wounded titans : American presidents and the perils of power /
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Author / Creator: | Lerner, Max, 1902-1992 |
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Edition: | 1st ed. |
Imprint: | New York : Arcade Pub. ; [Boston, Mass.] : Distributed by Little, Brown and Co., c1996. |
Description: | xx, 437 p. ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2535168 |
Table of Contents:
- The Style and Genius of American Politics
- Presidency and Demos
- Presidential Leadership in the New America
- Wounded Titans
- The Shaping of American Presidents
- Eros and Power
- Desire and Power in the White House
- The Ardors and Tribulations of the Journey of Liberalism
- Thomas Jefferson: America's Philosopher-King
- Abraham Lincoln: From the People, For the People
- Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Flawed Paradigm
- Harry S Truman: The Plutarchian President
- Richard Nixon: The Torturous Descent from Olympus
- Ronald Reagan: Commander of a Counterrevolution
- 1940: Roosevelt vs. Willkie
- 1944: Roosevelt vs. Dewey
- 1948: Truman vs. Dewey
- 1952: Eisenhower vs. Stevenson
- 1956: Eisenhower vs. Stevenson
- 1960: Kennedy vs. Nixon
- 1964: Johnson vs. Goldwater
- 1968: Nixon vs. Humphrey
- 1972: Nixon vs. McGovern
- 1976: Carter vs. Ford
- 1980: Reagan vs. Carter
- 1984: Reagan vs. Mondale
- 1988: Bush vs. Dukakis
- 1992: Clinton vs. Bush
- President Hunting in an Electronic Wonderland
- Coda: The Last Column.