Pulitzer Prize -- winning historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, jr. has enlisted some of America's top historians and political scientists to tell the stories of and to analyze every presidential election in American history, in specially commissioned essays of this revised and updated set. Professor Schlesinger's substantial introduction discusses presidential elections as a uniquely American solution to the vexing problem of succession and examines their role in the formation and development of the party system.
Pulitzer Prize -- winning historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, jr. has enlisted some of America's top historians and political scientists to tell the stor...
Samuel Willard Crompton Chelsea House Publications Arthur Meier, Jr. Schlesinger
This series takes a historical look at the ancient world's leading figures, who led armies to victory and ruled over vast domains in a time when the world was still young. As one empire fell, another would rise, led by charismatic and powerful commanders who could unite many people and were touched by greatness. This king of Macedonia claimed to be descended from the gods, and in his 33 years he achieved amazing conquests and explored lands previously unknown to Westerners.
This series takes a historical look at the ancient world's leading figures, who led armies to victory and ruled over vast domains in a time when the w...
John Davenport Chelsea House Publications Arthur Meier, Jr. Schlesinger
This series takes a historical look at the ancient world's leading figures, who led armies to victory and ruled over vast domains in a time when the world was still young. As one empire fell, another would rise, led by charismatic and powerful commanders who could unite many people and were touched by greatness. This sultan of Egypt and Syria rose to meet the challenge of the Crusaders who stormed into the Middle East in the name of religion.
This series takes a historical look at the ancient world's leading figures, who led armies to victory and ruled over vast domains in a time when the w...
Dale Evva Gelfand Chelsea House Publications Arthur Meier, Jr. Schlesinger
This series takes a historical look at the ancient world's leading figures, who led armies to victory and ruled over vast domains in a time when the world was still young. As one empire fell, another would rise, led by charismatic and powerful commanders who could unite many people and were touched by greatness. This king of the Franks was one of the few Western rulers to be declared Holy Roman Emperor. Charlemagne was successful in uniting the disparate tribes of Western Europe in the name of Christianity.
This series takes a historical look at the ancient world's leading figures, who led armies to victory and ruled over vast domains in a time when the w...
- Absorbing accounts of the leaders whose ideas and actions have changed the course of history - Examines each person's life in the context of the politics of the time - Full-color photographs enhance each book
- Absorbing accounts of the leaders whose ideas and actions have changed the course of history - Examines each person's life in the context of the ...
A former rock music promoter and a student of socialist thought at Oxford University, Tony Blair became a member of Parliament, and then prime minister of Great Britain, in only 14 years. Finding inspiration in President Bill Clinton's political strategy, the youthful Blair made his quick rise through the Labour Party's ranks largely by advocating modernization.
A former rock music promoter and a student of socialist thought at Oxford University, Tony Blair became a member of Parliament, and then prime ministe...
A bestselling historian examines the life of a Founding Father.
Renowned historian and social commentator Garry Wills takes a fresh look at the life of James Madison, from his rise to prominence in the colonies through his role in the creation of the Articles of Confederation and the first Constitutional Congress.
Madison oversaw the first foreign war under the constitution, and was forced to adjust some expectations he had formed while drafting that document. Not temperamentally suited to be a wartime President, Madison nonetheless confronted issues such as public...
A bestselling historian examines the life of a Founding Father.
Renowned historian and social commentator Garry Wills takes a fresh lo...
An intimate portrait of the first president of the 20th century
The American century opened with the election of that quintessentially American adventurer, Theodore Roosevelt. Louis Auchincloss's warm and knowing biography introduces us to the man behind the many myths of Theodore Roosevelt. From his early involvement in the politics of New York City and then New York State, we trace his celebrated military career and finally his ascent to the national political stage. Caricatured through history as the "bull moose," Roosevelt was in fact a man of extraordinary discipline whose...
An intimate portrait of the first president of the 20th century
The American century opened with the election of that quintessentially Americ...
An American icon and hero faces a nation-and a world-in transition
A bona-fide American hero at the close of World War II, General Dwight Eisenhower rode an enormous wave of popularity into the Oval Office seven years later. Though we may view the Eisenhower years through a hazy lens of 1950s nostalgia, historians consider his presidency one of the least successful. At home there was civil rights unrest, McCarthyism, and a deteriorating economy; internationally, the Cold War was deepening. But despite his tendency toward -brinksmanship, - Ike would later be revered for -keeping the...
An American icon and hero faces a nation-and a world-in transition
A bona-fide American hero at the close of World War II, General Dwight Eis...
