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Great presidents [CD] / Allan Lichtman.
Record details
- ISBN: 1565853873
- ISBN: 9781565853874
- ISBN: 9791565853873
- Physical Description: 24 sound discs (ca. 1440 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 4 course guidebooks (22 cm.)
- Edition: Library ed.
- Publisher: Springfield, VA : Teaching Co., c2000.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Course 8100; four-part set of 48 half-hour lectures on 24 discs. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part 1. The American presidency -- George Washington: the rise of a patriot -- George Washington: American liberator -- George Washington: the first president -- George Washington: American icon -- Thomas Jefferson: the pen of freedom -- Thomas Jefferson: party leader -- Thomas Jefferson: expansionist president -- Thomas Jefferson: the agonies of a second team -- Andrew Jackson: hero of the New Republic -- Andrew Jackson: the conqueror returns -- Andrew Jackson: the warrior president -- Part 2. Andrew Jackson: a president defiant -- James K. Polk: party loyalist -- James K. Polk: the first "dark horse" -- James K. Polk: apostle of Manifest Destiny -- Abraham Lincoln: frontier politician -- Abraham Lincoln: the first Republican president -- Abraham Lincoln: wartime leader -- Abraham Lincoln: the martyred president -- Theodore Roosevelt: patrician reformer -- Theodore Roosevelt: the cowboy as president -- Theodore Roosevelt: progressive dynamo -- Theodore Roosevelt: third-party crusader -- Part 3. Woodrow Wilson: American visionary -- Woodrow Wilson: the professor as politician -- Woodrow Wilson: the world stage -- Woodrow Wilson: the fight for postwar peace -- Franklin D. Roosevelt: provocative politician -- Franklin D. Roosevelt: new dealer -- Franklin D. Roosevelt: into the storm -- Franklin D. Roosevelt: president in a world at war -- Harry S Truman: a struggle for success -- Harry S Truman: needing America's prayers -- Harry S Truman: winning the peace -- Harry S Truman: no accidental president -- Part 4. John F. Kennedy: the construction of a politician -- John F. Kennedy: the emergence of a president -- John F. Kennedy: a president in crisis -- John F. Kennedy: his final challenges -- Lyndon Johnson: politician in the rough -- Lyndon Johnson: professional politician -- Lyndon Johnson: building the great society -- Lyndon Johnson: acrimony at home and abroad -- Ronald Reagan: "the Gipper" -- Ronald Reagan: a conservative in the White House -- Ronald Reagan: the acting president -- Ronald Reagan: the Teflon president. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Lectures by Allan J. Lichtman, American University. |
System Details Note: | Compact disc. |
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Subject: | Presidents > United States > Knowledge and learning. Presidents > United States. |