political leadership

The year 1944 was perhaps the most important year in the 20th century. American president Franklin Delano Roosevelt was at the pinnacle of his wartime leadership and his campaign for reelection, the planning of Operation Overlord (D-Day) with Britain's Winston Churchill and Russia's Joseph Stalin was in progress, Paris was liberated from Nazi Germany, the Battle of the Bulge took place, and numerous conferences on peace-time were starting. But millions of lives were still at stake as Roosevelt became fully aware of the true scope of the Final Solution -- the death of all Jews by the Nazis. Roosevelt's rapidly deteriorating health was a closely guarded secret as he was forced to make momentous decisions : was winning the war the best way to rescue the Jews? -- or was the actual bombing of the death camps the solution?.

Offers an illustrated look at America's twenty-five-year journey to independence. Discusses the events, battles, and convention hall discussions that led to the Revolutionary War. Includes profiles of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison; over 300 maps, paintings, and artifacts; a timeline of dates; and reproductions of America's Founding Documents.

"There is one thing that has haunted all of America's modern presidents: Americans' expectations of greatness in the man and the office. While it was impossible for the Framers of the Constitution to predict the circumstances that would make America the greatest and most consequential power on Earth, the Founders never intended this spotlight on the presidency. Venerating our past great presidents has always been safe, compelling, and inspiring. But when it also tempts us with the possibilities of their return, it may not be so benign. The End of Greatness offers a new way to appreciate and evaluate the presidency, a mode of understanding that gives conventional achievement ratings their place but ultimately makes the counterintuitive argument that, in expecting greatness, we have made goodness simply impossible. This book looks at the concept of greatness in presidents--the ways in which it is essential to a nation and the ways in which it has been detrimental. Miller argues that greatness in presidents is an overrated virtue, one that eclipses--and perhaps even thwarts--the real contributions of our presidents"--.

No issue is more hotly debated today than how, or even if, a politician's private life affects his public competence. A question of Character, John F. Kennedy's two lives - public and private - are examined to answer this timely question.

A revelatory, minute-by-minute account of the 35th President's final months examines his considerable roles in advancing civil rights and the Limited Test Ban Treaty, recounts the death of his premature infant son and considers what might have occurred had he not been assassinated.

This voyage through our history provides a probing and provocative analysis of how presidential politics works and how the country sets its course. Where They Stand invites readers to pitch their opinions against the voters of old, the historians, the pollsters?and against the author himself. In this year of raucous presidential politics, Where They Stand will provide a context for the unfolding campaign drama.

Provides an examination of leadership as it is practiced and malpracticed in America.

Profiles six modern Native American leaders who have worked with the national government and their tribes to help their people survive in the modern world while preserving their traditions.