Bibliothèque de Biographie Américaine Séries
Cette série explore la vie de personnalités marquantes de l'histoire américaine. Chaque volume offre un aperçu captivant des individus clés qui ont façonné la nation. Découvrez leurs triomphes, leurs luttes et leurs héritages durables à travers ces biographies approfondies. C'est une lecture essentielle pour quiconque s'intéresse au récit américain et aux personnes qui l'ont forgé.
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Woodrow Wilson came to political power in the United States at a time when many Americans were troubled by a seeming contradiction between the inherent premises and promises of American life and reality. For, as the nineteenth century gave way to the complexities of the twentieth, government was too often characterized by an ineffectiveness in dealing with international tensions and by an inability to resolve internal stress. To these problems Wilson brought the Christian morality and nineteenth-century liberalism of his Presbyterian background and genteel education. He developed an inspirational faith in the powers of a new morality to lead men to find and correct the maladies of the body politic and, indeed, of the world itself. He led Congress to great achievements and his party to large triumphs. And while his inflexibility caused him to fail in his hopes for his greatest project, the League of Nations, his failure was for that time only, as history has since made abundantly clear. -- from Book Jacket
Harry S. Truman and the Modern American Presidency
- 220pages
- 8 heures de lecture
A concise analytical biography of Truman emphasizes his accomplishments as an administrator and foreign policy shaper and his consequent contributions to our concept of the presidency
