The American Presidents : : Heroic Leadership from Kennedy to Clinton / / Jon Roper.
How did democratic America respond to its cold war enemies led by dictators who promoted the myth of their heroic leadership?John F. Kennedy confronted the challenges posed by his cold-war enemies' 'heroic' leaders by moulding the narratives of 'consensus history' into the a...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2000 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1. ‘The Focus of the Anxious Crowd of the Age’
- 2. Circling the Wagons: The Frontier and American History
- 3. John F. Kennedy: Hero
- 4. Lyndon Johnson: Casualty of War
- 5. Richard Nixon: Heroic Failure
- 6. Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter: Faith Healers
- 7. Ronald Reagan: Star
- 8. George Bush: Deputy
- 9. Bill Clinton: Survivor
- 10. All-American Heroes?
- Bibliography
- Index