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050	0	0	_aE176.1 _b.U688 2009
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100	1		_aUpdegrove, Mark K.
245	1	0	_aBaptism by fire : _beight presidents who took office in times of crisis / _cMark K. Updegrove.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bThomas Dunne Books, _c2009.
300			_ax, 292 p., [8] p. of plates : _bill. ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 273-278) and index.
520			_aPresents 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.
505	0		_aGeorge 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".
650		0	_aPresidents _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aCrisis management in government _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aPolitical leadership _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aPresidents _zUnited States _vBiography.
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