EAN: 9780743561785

Michael Beschloss´ dramatic and inspiring saga explores crucial times when courageous presidents changed the history of the United States. With surprising new sources and a dazzling comma… More...

Michael Beschloss´ dramatic and inspiring saga explores crucial times when courageous presidents changed the history of the United States. With surprising new sources and a dazzling command of history and human character, Beschloss brings these flawed, complex men and their wives, families, friends, and foes to life as if in a gripping novel. Never have we had a more intimate, behind-the-scenes view of presidents coping with the supreme dilemmas of their lives. In Presidential Courage you will witness George Washington braving threats of impeachment and assassination to make peace with England; John Adams, incurring his party´s ´´unrelenting hatred´´ by refusing to fight France and warning, ´´Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war´´; Andrew Jackson, in a death struggle against the corrupt Bank of the United States; Abraham Lincoln, risking his presidency to insist that slaves be freed; and the crushing ordeals faced by Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan. As Beschloss shows, none of these presidents was eager to incur ridicule, vilification, or threats of political destruction and even assassination. But in the end, each ultimately proved himself to be, in Andrew Jackson´s words, ´´born for the storm´´. 1. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Beschloss. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/000896/bk_sans_000896_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax. Abo-Testpreis: 9.95 EUR Michael Beschloss´ dramatic and inspiring saga explores crucial times when courageous presidents changed the history of the United States.... Sonstige, Simon & Schuster Audio<

EAN: 9780743561785

Michael Beschloss´ dramatic and inspiring saga explores crucial times when courageous presidents changed the history of the United States. With surprising new sources and a dazzling comma… More...

Michael Beschloss´ dramatic and inspiring saga explores crucial times when courageous presidents changed the history of the United States. With surprising new sources and a dazzling command of history and human character, Beschloss brings these flawed, complex men and their wives, families, friends, and foes to life as if in a gripping novel. Never have we had a more intimate, behind-the-scenes view of presidents coping with the supreme dilemmas of their lives. In Presidential Courage you will witness George Washington braving threats of impeachment and assassination to make peace with England; John Adams, incurring his party´s ´´unrelenting hatred´´ by refusing to fight France and warning, ´´Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war´´; Andrew Jackson, in a death struggle against the corrupt Bank of the United States; Abraham Lincoln, risking his presidency to insist that slaves be freed; and the crushing ordeals faced by Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan. As Beschloss shows, none of these presidents was eager to incur ridicule, vilification, or threats of political destruction and even assassination. But in the end, each ultimately proved himself to be, in Andrew Jackson´s words, ´´born for the storm´´. 1. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Beschloss. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/000896/bk_sans_000896_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax. Michael Beschloss´ dramatic and inspiring saga explores crucial times when courageous presidents changed the history of the United States.... English - History, Simon & Schuster Audio<

2007, EAN: 9780743561785

Audio CD, Gebraucht, guter Zustand, Connecting readers with great books since 1972. Used books may not include companion materials, some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, and ma… More...

Audio CD, Gebraucht, guter Zustand, Connecting readers with great books since 1972. Used books may not include companion materials, some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, and may not include cd-rom or access codes. Customer service is our top priority!, [PU: Simon & Schuster Audio]<