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  • The American President

    From Teddy Roosevelt to Bill Clinton

    by William E. Leuchtenburg ...
    The American President is an enthralling account of American presidential actions from the assassination of William McKinley in 1901 to Bill Clinton's last night in office in January 2001. William Leuchtenburg, one of the great presidential historians of the century, portrays each of the presidents in a chronicle sparkling with anecdote and wit. Leuchtenburg offers a nuanced assessment of their ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • The Perils of Prosperity

    1914–32

    by William E. Leuchtenburg ...
    "An orthodox—and excellent interpretive history of the stirring years 1914–32" in the United States ( New York Times )."This book gives us a rare opportunity to enjoy the matured interpretation of an American Historian who has returned to the story and seen how recent decades have added meaning and vividness to this epoch of our history." —Daniel J. Boorstin, from the PrefaceBeginning with Woodrow ... Read more

    $18.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Herbert Hoover

    The American Presidents Series: The 31st President, 1929-1933

    by William E. Leuchtenburg ...
    Series series The American Presidents
    The Republican efficiency expert whose economic boosterism met its match in the Great Depression.Catapulted into national politics by his heroic campaigns to feed Europe during and after World War I, Herbert Hoover—an engineer by training—exemplified the economic optimism of the 1920s. As president, however, Hoover was sorely tested by America's first crisis of the twentieth century: the Great ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • In the Shadow of FDR

    From Harry Truman to Barack Obama

    by William E. Leuchtenburg ...
    From review of previous editions:"In the Shadow of FDR shrewdly sets forth the special cruelty of the dilemma Roosevelt's successors have all faced: 'If he did not walk in FDR's footsteps, he ran a risk of having it said that he was not a Roosevelt but a Hoover. Yet to the extent that he did copy FDR, he lost any chance of marking out his own claim to recognition.'"—New York Times Book Review"A ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • The White House Looks South

    Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson

    by William E. Leuchtenburg ...
    Series series Walter Lynwood Fleming Lectures in Southern History
    Perhaps not southerners in the usual sense, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, and Lyndon B. Johnson each demonstrated a political style and philosophy that helped them influence the South and unite the country in ways that few other presidents have. Combining vivid biography and political insight, William E. Leuchtenburg offers an engaging account of relations between these three presidents ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Supreme Court Reborn

    Constitutional Revolution in the Age of Roosevelt

    by William E. Leuchtenburg ...
    For almost sixty years, the results of the New Deal have been an accepted part of political life. Social Security, to take one example, is now seen as every American's birthright. But to validate this revolutionary legislation, Franklin Roosevelt had to fight a ferocious battle against the opposition of the Supreme Court--which was entrenched in laissez faire orthodoxy. After many lost battles, ... Read more

    $37.79 USD

  • The Supreme Court Reborn

    Constitutional Revolution in the Age of Roosevelt

    by William E. Leuchtenburg ...
    For almost sixty years, the results of the New Deal have been an accepted part of political life. Social Security, to take one example, is now seen as every American's birthright. But to validate this revolutionary legislation, Franklin Roosevelt had to fight a ferocious battle against the opposition of the Supreme Court--which was entrenched in laissez faire orthodoxy. After many lost battles, ... Read more

    $37.79 USD

  • Audiobook

    Patriot Presidents

    From George Washington to John Quincy Adams

    by William E. Leuchtenburg ...
    Narrated by Tim Fannon ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 13 min

    The founding fathers of the United States created a unique institution, the presidency, as they were determined to authorize an effective chief executive but wary of monarchy. They endowed this office with broad prerogatives and power but hedged it in with limitations. The presidency that developed over the next generation, however, was fashioned less by the clauses in the Constitution than by the ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Patriot Presidents

    From George Washington to John Quincy Adams

    by William E. Leuchtenburg ...
    A nuanced account of the early leaders who shaped the American presidency The founding fathers of the United States created a unique institution, the presidency, as they were determined to authorize an effective chief executive but wary of monarchy. They endowed this office with broad prerogatives and power but hedged it in with limitations. The presidency that developed over the next generation, ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The American President

    From Teddy Roosevelt to Bill Clinton

    by William E. Leuchtenburg ...
    The American President is an enthralling account of American presidential actions from the assassination of William McKinley in 1901 to Bill Clinton's last night in office in January 2001. William Leuchtenburg, one of the great presidential historians of the century, portrays each of the presidents in a chronicle sparkling with anecdote and wit. Leuchtenburg offers a nuanced assessment of their ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • The Burden of Southern History

    by C. Vann Woodward ...
    C. Vann Woodward's The Burden of Southern History remains one of the essential history texts of our time. In it Woodward brilliantly addresses the interrelated themes of southern identity, southern distinctiveness, and the strains of irony that characterize much of the South's historical experience. First published in 1960, the book quickly became a touchstone for generations of students. This ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • American Places

    Encounters with History

    Edited by William E. Leuchtenburg ...
    For anyone interested in history, the physical traces of the past, especially historical places, hold a special fascination. Whether it is a battlefield or the home of a notable American, there is no question that we understand the past in a different and more immediate way when we encounter it "on the ground." In American Places, more than two dozen of America's most gifted historians write about ... Read more

    $30.59 USD