ISBN:
9780230341081
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023034108X
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9781137084729
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9781280680496
Language:
English
Pages:
xxiii, 276 p
Edition:
1st ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Statesmanship, Character, and Leadership in America
DDC:
306.20973
Keywords:
Political science
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Abstract:
Newell examines noted Americans at seven critical turning points in American history to look at what it takes to be a statesman.Through a powerful speech and the events preceding and following it, they show us how they grappled with conflicting values, varying demands, and the uncertainties of trying to forge a good society
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; 1 Washington Steps Down: The Farewell Address; 2 The Electoral Crisis of 1801: Jefferson's First Inaugural; 3 Healing the Wounds of Civil War: Lincoln's Second Inaugural; 4 The Struggle for Woman Suffrage: The Trial of Susan B. Anthony; 5 Saving Postwar Europe (and America): The Marshall Plan Speech; 6 The Movement in Crisis: King's Letter from Birmingham Jail; 7 Constitutional Crisis: Ford Assumes the Presidency and Pardons Nixon; 8 Fostering Statesmanship in Public Life; Appendices
Description / Table of Contents:
Appendix A Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address: March 4, 1801Appendix B Lincoln's Second Inaugural: March 4, 1865; Appendix C Speech Before the Circuit Court in the Sentencing of Susan B. Anthony: June 19, 1873; Appendix D The Marshall Plan Speech: June 5, 1947; Appendix E Gerald Ford's Remarks on Taking the Oath of Office: August 9, 1974; Appendix F Ford's Speech Announcing the Pardon of Richard Nixon: September 8, 1974; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
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