TY  - BOOK
AU  - Updegrove,Mark K.
TI  - Baptism by fire: eight presidents who took office in times of crisis 
SN  - 9780312388034 (alk. paper)
AV  - E176.1 .U688 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Thomas Dunne Books
KW  - Presidents
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Crisis management in government
KW  - Political leadership
KW  - Biography
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-278) and index; George Washington : the first -- Thomas Jefferson : "We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists" -- John Tyler : the accidental president -- Abraham Lincoln : "The Union is unbroken" -- Franklin D. Roosevelt : nothing to fear -- Harry S. Truman : "If you pray, pray for me now" -- John F. Kennedy : "The torch has been passed" -- Gerald R. Ford : "Our long national nightmare is over"
N2  - Presents accounts of eight U.S. presidents who assumed office at times of crisis and how they met high-stakes challenges, from Lincoln's efforts on behalf of a divided nation and FDR's strategies during the Depression to Truman's inheritance of World War II and Kennedy's role in addressing the Cold War
ER  -