American Presidents A Curious Look At A Unique Cohort

Author : V.S. Dharmakumar
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 846 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781645875574

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American Presidents - A Curious Look at a Unique Cohort by V.S. Dharmakumar Pdf

Believe it or not, an American president was arrested for running over a woman with his horse. He was not the only one to be arrested (two more were). George Washington preferred fox hunting with his dogs than going to church. Young Abraham Lincoln fell into a deep ditch and was saved by his dog. And after he was assassinated, his dog `Fido’ also was assassinated. Who was the President who worked as a bartender? And the one who once officially served as an executioner? The President of the United States is considered one of the world's most powerful people, leading the world’s only current superpower. His role includes being the commander-in-chief of the world's most expensive military with the largest nuclear arsenal with the nuclear button on his desk. This book is the result of over a decade of research and writing. It is a comprehensive compendium - a single-volume book, about the 44 men the entire world looked upon as the most powerful men in the world. 44 men who formed the 45 presidencies of the United States of America through 58 quadrennial presidential elections in the 230 years from 1789. This book covers the presidency of the successful liquor distributor and owner of a distillery George Washington, to the presidency of Donald Trump, the oldest, wealthiest man without any prior military or government service experience to ever assume the presidency.

Author : V S Dharmakumar
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1645875563

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American Presidents - A Curious Look at a Unique Cohort: A History of America's Birth and Evolution Through Its Presidents by V S Dharmakumar Pdf

Believe it or not, an American president was arrested for running over a woman with his horse. He was not the only one to be arrested (two more were). George Washington preferred fox hunting with his dogs than going to church. Young Abraham Lincoln fell into a deep ditch and was saved by his dog. And after he was assassinated, his dog `Fido' also was assassinated. Who was the President who worked as a bartender? And the one who once officially served as an executioner? The President of the United States is considered one of the world's most powerful people, leading the world's only current superpower. His role includes being the commander-in-chief of the world's most expensive military with the largest nuclear arsenal with the nuclear button on his desk. This book is the result of over a decade of research and writing. It is a comprehensive compendium - a single-volume book, about the 44 men the entire world looked upon as the most powerful men in the world. 44 men who formed the 45 presidencies of the United States of America through 58 quadrennial presidential elections in the 230 years from 1789. This book covers the presidency of the successful liquor distributor and owner of a distillery George Washington, to the presidency of Donald Trump, the oldest, wealthiest man without any prior military or government service experience to ever assume the presidency.

Author : Mostafa Rejai,Kay P. Phillips
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1993-03-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780275943318

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Demythologizing an Elite by Mostafa Rejai,Kay P. Phillips Pdf

This study seeks to resolve differences between various types of political leaders and to link broad historical patterns with the idiosyncratic circumstances of individual lives and careers--to integrate the micro and the macro levels of understanding in the field of leadership studies. To accomplish this task, a vast array of previous scholarship and primary documents has been assembled and drawn into new combinations. Equivalent data on all U.S. presidents enable an unprecedented internal comparison within this select group. Comparison with parallel data, developed for other types of leaders, permits U.S. presidents to be analyzed in comparative perspective for the first time. Against this background, the study creates a unique collection of medical and psychological profiles for the entire set of presidents--a body of data that allows us to discover new combinations and patterns of presidential traits. American presidents emerged from this study looking very much like other political leaders in terms of social background and preparation for a political career. But contrary to myth, the authors found U.S. presidents to be puzzingly unexceptional--even average--in their personal and career characteristics. For other types of leaders, the authors had found distinctive combinations of traits and experiences that seemed to account for their political leadership roles. For the presidents, such combinations seemed elusive, even confounding. They did conclude, however, that presidential leadership is firmly anchored in the cultural, sociological, and historical contexts from which it emerges.

Author : Diana Page
Publisher : Wheatmark, Inc.
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781627873529

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Looking for Love in Strange Places: A Memoir for My Stepdaughters by Diana Page Pdf

Back in 1968 Diana Page was going to graduate from the University of Michigan without much hope for marriage or a career. She didn't have a boyfriend, so a prospective husband was unlikely to materialize before the semester ended, and a bachelor's in political science wasn't going to make her easily employable. The solution? Join the Peace Corps where she could help change the world . . . and possibly meet a guy who shared her values. Thus began Diana's adventures. Her travels as a journalist and diplomat took her down the dangerous roads of Latin American history from the 1960s into the twenty-first century. With excerpts from diaries, letters, and news articles, she weaves together a narrative of war and peace, presidents and peasants, but mostly of ordinary people who teach her about life. She also runs into a few extraordinary people along the way: Fidel Castro, Isabel Peron, Pele, Jorge Luis Borges, and Hilary Clinton among others. Looking for Love in Strange Places: A Memoir for My Stepdaughters is a hopeful, humorous account of what happens when you seize the day -- without too many expectations for the future.

Author : Cormac O'Brien
Publisher : Quirk Books
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1931686572

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Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents by Cormac O'Brien Pdf

What your teachers never told you about the men of the white house.

Author : John Murphy
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2006-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781600344114

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A Dumb American in a Strange Country by John Murphy Pdf

Murphy, founder of Kind Road Mission in Odessa, Ukraine, presents a practical manual on finding God and His perfect plan for every individual's life. (Christian)

Author : Arthur Levine
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Education
ISBN : 080184861X

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Higher Learning in America, 1980-2000 by Arthur Levine Pdf

"The next decade promises to be a challenging one for colleges and universities. This book explains why... The essays provide an informative historical guide of the past decade while also looking into the future of higher education." -- Christian Science Monitor.

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1390 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Law
ISBN : MSU:31293011645268

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Congressional Record by United States. Congress Pdf

Author : Peri E. Arnold
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015084110579

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Remaking the Presidency by Peri E. Arnold Pdf

The first comprehensive study of the three Progressive Era presidents who stretched the limits of the early twentieth-century presidency in order to meet the emerging public expectations. Explains the leadership differences between the three presidents and looks at the impact the Progressive movement had on the office of the presidency.

Author : Honggang Yang,Wenying Xu
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-22
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783031423796

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The Rise of Chinese American Leaders in U.S. Higher Education: Stories and Roadmaps by Honggang Yang,Wenying Xu Pdf

This book is a collection of stories and reflections that represent Chinese American leaders and depict their tortuous journeys in U.S. higher education that comes at a critical point in time. Many books have been devoted to academic leadership, but this volume uniquely focuses on subjects most relevant to Chinese Americans. We live at a time that not only witnesses an increase in Chinese American leaders on U.S. campuses but also mounting incidents of discriminatory treatment of this group. This book showcases 36 stories and reflections from past, present, and future leaders, including the five previously published stories. They represent leaders holding different ideological values in various academic fields, positions, stages of careers, professional trajectories, generations, Chinese ethnic groups, and geographical locations. The Rise of Chinese American Leaders in U.S. Higher Education makes a valuable contribution to the body of literature that has assisted countless academic leaders in navigating their careers, bringing to the forefront a distinct group of academic leaders who have been underrepresented.

Author : Jim Marrs
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780465050871

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Crossfire by Jim Marrs Pdf

What really happened in Dallas on November 22, 1963? Was the assassination of John F. Kennedy simply the work of a warped, solitary young man, or was something more nefarious afoot? Pulling together a wealth of evidence, including rare photos, documents, and interviews, veteran Texas journalist Jim Marrs reveals the truth about that fateful day. Thoroughly revised and updated with the latest findings about the assassination, Crossfire is the most comprehensive, convincing explanation of how, why, and by whom our thirty-fifth president was killed.

Author : Richard Wiseman
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-04
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780330526050

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Quirkology by Richard Wiseman Pdf

Ever wondered why bad musicians always win the Eurovision Song Contest, or how incompetent politicians get elected? You need some Quirkology in your life. While other scientists beaver away on obvious problems, Richard Wiseman has been busy uncovering the secret ingredients of charisma, exploring how our personalities are shaped by when we are born and examining why people usually miss the obvious signs of their partner's infidelity. Using scientific methods to investigate offbeat topics that interest the general public as well as the scientific community, Quirkology brings a new understanding to the backwaters of the human mind and takes us to places where mainstream scientists fear to tread. Comparable to Freakonomics, but British, far more populist, and a lot funnier. Findings include: How does your surname influence your life? What does the way you walk reveal about your personality? Why should women have men write their personal ads? What is the funniest joke in the world?

Author : Nigel Hamilton
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2007-07-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781586485849

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Bill Clinton by Nigel Hamilton Pdf

From best-selling, award-winning biographer Nigel Hamilton, this is an insightful, prodigiously researched, and wonderfully readable account of Bill Clinton's first term in office. It shows how a well-meaning but naïve new president failed to assert true leadership in his first two years, and then illustrates how, in an astonishing act of self-reinvention, the president turned defeat into victory. Bill Clinton: Mastering the Presidency is a gripping tale of hubris and redemption—and a chronicle of one of the most dramatic reversals of fortune in modern American politics.

Author : Katina L. Rogers
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781478012207

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Putting the Humanities PhD to Work by Katina L. Rogers Pdf

In Putting the Humanities PhD to Work Katina L. Rogers grounds practical career advice in a nuanced consideration of the current landscape of the academic workforce. Drawing on surveys, interviews, and personal experience, Rogers explores the evolving rhetoric and practices regarding career preparation and how those changes intersect with admissions practices, scholarly reward structures, and academic labor practices—especially the increasing reliance on contingent labor. Rogers invites readers to consider how graduate training can lead to meaningful and significant careers beyond the academy. She provides graduate students with context and analysis to inform the ways they discern their own potential career paths while taking an activist perspective that moves toward individual success and systemic change. For those in positions to make decisions in humanities departments or programs, Rogers outlines the circumstances and pressures that students face and gives examples of programmatic reform that address career matters in structural ways. Throughout, Rogers highlights the important possibility that different kinds of careers offer engaging, fulfilling, and even unexpected pathways for students who seek them out.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1416 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UVA:X000022182

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The Atlantic Monthly by Anonim Pdf