President and nation : the making of modern America /: the making of modern America. (2002)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- President and nation : the making of modern America /: the making of modern America. (2002)
- Main Title:
- President and nation : the making of modern America
- Further Information:
- Note: John Kentleton.
- Other Names:
- Kentleton, John, 1941-
- Contents:
- The development of modern America : The rise of Theodore Roosevelt ; The nineteenth-century background ; Republicans and Democrats: Hamilton and Jefferson ; Theodore Roosevelt in the White House ; The progressive moment ; Woodrow Wilson and reform ; The United States goes to war ; Normalcy in the jazz age ; Herbert Hoover and the American system -- The achievement of liberalism : The emergence of Franklin Roosevelt ; The Democrats win power ; FDR enters the White House ; The New Deal ; The expansion of the presidency ; Liberals and conservatives ; Harry Truman continues the struggle ; Eisenhower Republicanism ; John Kennedy wins the presidency ; Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society -- The attainment of world power : The background to foreign policy ; Roosevelt and isolationism ; Roosevelt as wartime president ; Truman and the commitment to internationalism ; Eisenhower assumes control ; Kennedy the Cold War warrior ; The Vietnam War ; Nixon, Kissinger and the 1970s ; Ronald Reagan and anti-communism ; George Bush and a new world order ; Bill Clinton and the New Isolationism -- The resurgence of conservatism : The conservative conscience ; The turning conservative tide ; The election of 1968 ; Richard Nixon in the White House ; The imperial presidency ; Presidential and party politics after Watergate ; Reagan, Bush and conservatism ; Clinton and the 1990s.
- Publisher Details:
- Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:
- 2002
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (320 pages)
- Subjects:
- 973.9/092/2
United States/20th Century
Politics and government
Presidents
Présidents -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle
Latin America/Mexico
20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000
Presidents -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Presidentschap
Politieke structuur
Nationalbewusstsein
Nationalbewusstsein
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
United States
États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement -- 20e siècle
Etats-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement -- 20e siècle
History
Präsident
Regierung - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781137252708
1137252707 - Access Rights:
- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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