دانلود کتاب U. S. Presidents for Dummies

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Title --
Contents --
Introduction --
About This Book --
Conventions Used in This Book --
How This Book is Organized --
Icons Used in This Book --
Where to Go from Here --
Part I : Examining the Office and the Officeholders --
Chapter 1: Presidents and the Presidency --
Establishing the First U.S. Government --
Examining Presidential Influence on the Presidency --
Perfecting the Power to Shape Public Opinion --
Performing Many Roles: Today\'s President --
Chapter 2: Presidential Rankings and Evaluations --
Evaluating the Presidents --
Ranking U.S. Presidents --
Part II : Starting with Known Quantities: Washington to John Quincy Adams --
Chapter 3: Starting Well with George Washington --
Washington\'s Early Career --
Fighting for Independence --
Designing the New Country --
President George Washington (1789-1797) --
Dealing with the Issues of the Day --
Stepping Down --
Retiring Briefly --
Chapter 4: The Authoritarian and the Philosopher: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson --
Founding the Country and Almost Destroying It: John Adams --
Master of Multitasking: Thomas Jefferson --
Chapter 5: Prominent but Ineffective: Madison, Monroe, and John Quincy Adams --
James Madison: From Founding Father to Presidential Flop --
Succeeding Abroad, Failing at Home: James Monroe --
Like Father, Like Son: John Quincy Adams --
Part III : Enduring the Best and the Worst: Jackson to Buchanan --
Chapter 6: Standing Firm: Andrew Jackson --
Jackson\'s Early Career --
Suffering through the Stolen Election of 1824 --
President Andrew Jackson (1829-1837) --
Chapter 7: Forgettable: Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, and Tyler --
Martin Van Buren, Master of Politics --
The Founder of the Image Campaign: William Henry Harrison --
Stepping Into the Presidency: John Tyler --
Chapter 8: Dreaming of California: James K. Polk --
Young Hickory --
Polk\'s Early Political Career. Texas to the Rescue --
Keeping His Campaign Simple --
President James Polk (1845-1849) --
Winning the War but Losing the Battle --
Choosing Not to Run Again --
Chapter 9: Working Up to the Civil War: Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, and Buchanan --
Trying to Preserve the Union: Zachary Taylor --
Making Things Worse: Millard Fillmore --
Sympathizing with the South: Franklin Pierce --
Failing to Save the Union: James Buchanan --
Part IV : Becoming a Force in the World: Lincoln to Hoover --
Chapter 10: Preserving the Union: Abraham Lincoln --
Lincoln\'s Early Political Career --
A Star Is Born --
President Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865) --
The Civil War --
Lincoln\'s Short Second Term --
Chapter 11: Reconstructing the Country: Johnson, Grant, and Hayes --
From Poverty to the Presidency: Andrew Johnson --
Enter a War Hero: Ulysses Simpson Grant --
Corruption Leads to an Uncorrupt President: Rutherford Birchard Hayes --
Chapter 12: Closing Out the Century: Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, and Benjamin Harrison --
A Promising President is Assassinated: James Abram Garfield --
The Unexpected President: Chester Alan Arthur --
Making History by Serving Nonconsecutive Terms: Grover Cleveland --
The Spoiled Republican: Benjamin Harrison --
Chapter 13: Influencing the World: McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, and Taft --
Discarding Isolationism: William McKinley --
Building a Strong Foreign Policy: Theodore Roosevelt --
The President Who Hated Politics: William Howard Taft (1909-1913) --
Chapter 14: Protecting Democracy: Woodrow Wilson --
Studying Government --
Breaking into Politics in New Jersey --
President Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921) --
Being Drawn into the War --
Making the Peace --
Chapter 15: Roaring through the \'20s with Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover --
Living the High Life: Warren G. Harding --
Quietly Doing Nothing: John Calvin Coolidge. A Great Humanitarian, but a Bad President: Herbert Hoover --
Part V : Instituting the Imperial Presidency: Franklin Roosevelt to Richard Nixon --
Chapter 16: Boosting the Country and Bringing Back Beer: Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Roosevelt\'s Early Political Career --
Governing New York --
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933-1945) --
Winning a Third Term, Facing a World War --
Fighting World War II --
Winning the War --
Running and Winning One More Time --
Chapter 17: Stopping the Buck at Harry Truman --
Truman\'s Early Political Career --
President Harry S. Truman (1945-1953) --
Hating His Second Term --
Ceding to Stevenson --
Chapter 18: Liking Ike: Dwight David Eisenhower --
Eisenhower\'s Early Military Career --
Retiring from the Military --
President Dwight David Eisenhower (1953-1961) --
Chapter 19: Fulfilling Family Expectations: John Fitzgerald Kennedy --
Kennedy\'s Early Political Career --
President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1961-1963) --
Changing Foreign Policy --
Attending to Domestic Policy --
A Promising Life Cut Short --
Chapter 20: Fighting for Might and Right: Lyndon Johnson --
Johnson\'s Early Political Career --
President Lyndon Baines Johnson (1963-1969) --
Chapter 21: Covering Up: Richard Nixon --
Nixon\'s Early Political Career --
Losing the Presidential Race in 1960 --
Contending from Coast to Coast --
President Richard Milhous Nixon (1969-1974) --
Serving Part of a Second Term --
Part VI : Changing the Dynamics: Gerald Ford to George W. Bush --
Chapter 22: The Career Politician and the Peanut Farmer: Ford and Carter --
Stepping in for Nixon: Gerald Ford --
Sharing Faith and Principles: Jimmy Carter --
Chapter 23: A Starring Role for Ronald Reagan --
Reagan\'s Early Career --
President Ronald Wilson Reagan (1981-1989) --
Reestablishing U.S. World Domination --
Dealing with Scandal in his Second Term. Keeping the Revolution Alive during Retirement --
Chapter 24: Acting Out: George Bush and Bill Clinton --
Bringing an End to the Cold War: George Bush --
Scandal Amid Domestic Policy Success: Bill Clinton --
Chapter 25: Getting the Call: George W. Bush --
Bush\'s Early Career --
Running for the Presidency --
Debating and Campaigning --
Surviving the 2000 Election --
President George Walker Bush (2001-Present) --
Disaster Strikes --
Part VII : The Part of Tens --
Chapter 26: The Ten Best Presidents --
Abraham Lincoln --
Franklin Delano Roosevelt --
Theodore Roosevelt --
George Washington --
Harry Truman --
Ronald Reagan --
Thomas Jefferson --
Woodrow Wilson --
Dwight D. Eisenhower --
James Polk --
Chapter 27: The Ten Worst Presidents --
Andrew Johnson --
Warren G. Harding --
Franklin Pierce --
James Buchanan --
John Tyler --
Millard Fillmore --
Ulysses S. Grant --
William Henry Harrison --
Martin Van Buren --
Herbert Hoover --
Chapter 28: Ten Presidential Libraries Worth Visiting --
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library --
George Bush Presidential Library and Museum --
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum --
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum --
Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum --
Dwight D. Eisenhower Library and Museum --
Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace --
Jimmy Carter Library and Museum --
Harry S. Truman Presidential Museum and Library --
Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum --
Appendix: Presidential Facts.