Beschloss, Michael R

Profiles George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, and other U.S. presidents, discussing their courage in the face of criticism, political risk, and even threat of death to follow their convictions in various foreign and domestic policy situations.

Profiles George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, and other U.S. presidents, discussing their courage in the face of criticism, political risk, and even threat of death to follow their convictions in various foreign and domestic policy situations.

"From a . . . presidential historian comes a . . . narrative of America's wartime chief executives"--Provided by publisher.

The only President to record his private conversations from his first day in office--from John F. Kennedy's murder in 1963 to Johnson's campaign for a landslide victory.

The relationship between Kennedy and Khrushchev and its impact on the Cold War.

Examination of the vital transactions George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev made and concealed from the world.

An illustrated chronology of America's presidents up to Bill Clinton that provides biographical profiles of each president and descriptions of each one's time in office.

Describes the shocking event in 1960 when an U.S. spy plane was shot down in the Soviet Union just prior to a vital summit meeting.