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American Caesars Nigel Hamilton (John W. McCormack Graduate School of Global and Policy Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston)

American Caesars By Nigel Hamilton (John W. McCormack Graduate School of Global and Policy Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston)

Summary

Modeled on one of the most famous histories of ancient Rome, "The Twelve Caesars," Hamilton looks afresh at the lives and careers of the 12 leaders of the American empire since World War II, from Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W. Bush.

American Caesars Summary

American Caesars: Lives of the Presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W. Bush by Nigel Hamilton (John W. McCormack Graduate School of Global and Policy Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston)

"American Caesars"takes a fresh look at the lives and careers of the twelve leaders of the American empire since World War II, from Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W. Bush. President by president, the noted biographer Nigel Hamilton strips away myths and wishful thinking to record our most recent presidents as they really were: leaders guiding the fortunes of an unruly empire, on a world stage. Hamilton relates and examines the presidents unique characters, their paths to Pennsylvania Avenue, their effectiveness as global leaders, and their lessons in governance, both good and bad. With uncompromising candor he looks at how these powerful men responded to the challenges that defined their presidencies FDR s role as a war leader, Harry Truman s decision to mount a Berlin Airlift rather than pursue military confrontation with the Soviets, Lyndon Johnson s undertaking of controversial Civil Rights legislation and his disastrous war in Vietnam, Jimmy Carter s handling of the Iran hostage crisis, George H. W. Bush s effectiveness in guiding the world during the collapse of the Soviet Union, and his son s fateful invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as other salient episodes in modern American history. In the Suetonian manner, Hamilton also looks at the presidents private lives some noble, some flawed, some deeply moving."

American Caesars Reviews

Honorable Mention in the General Non-Fiction category of the 2010 Los Angeles Book Festival--General Non-Fiction Honorable Mention"Los Angeles Book Festival" (02/28/2011)

About Nigel Hamilton (John W. McCormack Graduate School of Global and Policy Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston)

A distinguished biographer, Nigel Hamilton is senior fellow in the McCormack Graduate School, University of Massachusetts, Boston, and President of Biographers International Organization.

Additional information

GOR013905847
9780300169287
0300169280
American Caesars: Lives of the Presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W. Bush by Nigel Hamilton (John W. McCormack Graduate School of Global and Policy Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston)
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Hardback
Yale University Press
2010-09-07
596
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