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Reagan: The Life by H. W. Brands
Category: Biography
From master storyteller and"New York Times"bestsellinghistorian H. W. Brands comes thedefinitive biographyof a visionary and transformative president. In his magisterial new biography, H. W. Brands brilliantly establishes Ronald Reagan as one of the two great presidents of the twentieth century, a true ...Show more
The First American : The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin by H. W. Brands
Category: History
The General Vs. The President by H. W. Brands
Category: History
From master storyteller and historian H. W. Brands comes the riveting story of how President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur squared off to decide America's future in the aftermath of World War II. At the height of the Korean War, President Harry S. Truman committed a gaffe that sent shock w ...Show more
The General vs. the President - MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War by H. W. Brands
Category: History
At the height of the Korean War, President Harry S. Truman committed a gaffe that sent shock waves around the world, when he suggested that General Douglas MacArthur, the willful, fearless, and highly decorated commander of the American and U.N. forces, had his finger on the nuclear trigger. At a time w ...Show more
The Money Men: Capitalism, Democracy, and the Hundred Years' War Over the American Dollar (Enterprise) by H. W. Brands
Category: Business | Series: Enterprise Ser.
From the first days of the United States, a battle raged over money. On one side were the democrats, who wanted cheap money and feared the concentration of financial interests in the hands of a few. On the other were the capitalists who sought the soundness of a national bank-and the profits that came w ...Show more
The Strange Death of American Liberalism by H. W. Brands
Category: Politics
In this provocative book, H. W. Brands confronts the vital question of why an ever-increasing number of Americans do not trust the federal government to improve their lives and to heal major social ills. How is it that government has come to be seen as the source of many of our problems, rather than the ...Show more
The Zealot and the Emancipator - John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom by H. W. Brands
Category: Non-Fiction
Gifted storyteller and bestselling historian H. W. Brands narrates the epic struggle over slavery as embodied by John Brown and Abraham Lincoln-two men moved to radically different acts to confront our nation's gravest sin. John Brown was a charismatic and deeply religious man who heard the God of the ...Show more
Traitor to his Class - The privileged life and radical presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt by H W Brands
Category: History
A sweeping, magisterial biography of the man generally considered the greatest president of the twentieth century, admired by Democrats and Republicans alike. Traitor to His Class sheds new light on FDR's formative years and on his remarkable willingness to champion the concerns of the poor and disenfra ...Show more
Woodrow Wilson - The 28th President, 1913-1921 by H. W. Brands; Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (Editor)
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: The\American Presidents Ser.
A comprehensive account of the rise and fall of one of the major shapers of American foreign policyOn the eve of his inauguration as President, Woodrow Wilson commented, "It would be the irony of fate if my administration had to deal chiefly with foreign affairs." As America was drawn into the Great War ...Show more
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