Lerner max schmuhl robert (31 risultati)

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Paperback. Condizione: Good. "Readers who miss the magisterial pronunciamentos of the late Max Lerner . . . will relish this collection of Lerner?s writings on a subject that preoccupied him.? BooklistMax Lerner taught generations of Americans about their government. For almost half a century, the office of the presidency preoccupied his prodigious energies and unparalleled expertise. Lerner not only wrote about the men who inhabited the Oval Office during that time, he knew them personally, from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Bill Clintonand he knew what made them tick. Here are Lerner?s complete writings on the presidency and American presidents.Lerner believed that the nature of the office transforms presidents into titans, but wounded titans, bowed and sometimes broken by forces, fate, destiny, or history, that lie beyond their control. Roosevelt?s attempt to pack the Supreme Court; Truman?s efforts to manhandle the steel industry; Eisenhower?s belief that he could control the military-industrial complex; Kennedy?s hyperactive libido and recklessness; Nixon?s conviction he could manipulate political process: every president has had immortal yearnings, and the office that inflated his pride also enlarged his flaws.With a new foreword, Wounded Titans contains Lerner?s classic essays on the presidency and its development as well as his most famous presidential portraits and the best of his campaign journalism. Learned, wise, illuminating, entertaining, both timely and timeless, Wounded Titans is as large in spirit and scope as the American presidency itself.…

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Paperback. Condizione: New. Readers who miss the magisterial pronunciamentos of the late Max Lerner . . . will relish this collection of Lerner's writings on a subject that preoccupied him." BooklistMax Lerner taught generations of Americans about their government. For almost half a century, the office of the presidency preoccupied his prodigious energies and unparalleled expertise. Lerner not only wrote about the men who inhabited the Oval Office during that time, he knew them personally, from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Bill Clintonand he knew what made them tick. Here are Lerner's complete writings on the presidency and American presidents.Lerner believed that the nature of the office transforms presidents into titans, but wounded titans, bowed and sometimes broken by forces, fate, destiny, or history, that lie beyond their control. Roosevelt's attempt to pack the Supreme Court; Truman's efforts to manhandle the steel industry; Eisenhower's belief that he could control the military-industrial complex; Kennedy's hyperactive libido and recklessness; Nixon's conviction he could manipulate political process: every president has had immortal yearnings, and the office that inflated his pride also enlarged his flaws.With a new foreword, Wounded Titans contains Lerner's classic essays on the presidency and its development as well as his most famous presidential portraits and the best of his campaign journalism. Learned, wise, illuminating, entertaining, both timely and timeless, Wounded Titans is as large in spirit and scope as the American presidency itself.…

Hardcover. xx, 437 p. Here, collected for the first time, are Lerner's complete writings on the presidency and American presidents. During his long career as a teacher, writer, and commentator, Max Lerner taught generations of Americans how government and its institutions influence our lives. This collection of his unforgettable portraits of the men who have wielded the greatest power our democracy, including Lincoln, Roosevelt, Truman, Nixon, and Reagan, shows the triumphs and tragedies, the forces that swept them to power and sometimes crippled their ability to fulfill their vision. Very good in very good dust jacket. DJ has slight wear and soiling, with small edge wear. First edition. Stated. First printing [stated].…

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. reprint edition. 464 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.25 inches. In Stock.

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Paperback. Condizione: New. Readers who miss the magisterial pronunciamentos of the late Max Lerner . . . will relish this collection of Lerner's writings on a subject that preoccupied him." BooklistMax Lerner taught generations of Americans about their government. For almost half a century, the office of the presidency preoccupied his prodigious energies and unparalleled expertise. Lerner not only wrote about the men who inhabited the Oval Office during that time, he knew them personally, from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Bill Clintonand he knew what made them tick. Here are Lerner's complete writings on the presidency and American presidents.Lerner believed that the nature of the office transforms presidents into titans, but wounded titans, bowed and sometimes broken by forces, fate, destiny, or history, that lie beyond their control. Roosevelt's attempt to pack the Supreme Court; Truman's efforts to manhandle the steel industry; Eisenhower's belief that he could control the military-industrial complex; Kennedy's hyperactive libido and recklessness; Nixon's conviction he could manipulate political process: every president has had immortal yearnings, and the office that inflated his pride also enlarged his flaws.With a new foreword, Wounded Titans contains Lerner's classic essays on the presidency and its development as well as his most famous presidential portraits and the best of his campaign journalism. Learned, wise, illuminating, entertaining, both timely and timeless, Wounded Titans is as large in spirit and scope as the American presidency itself.…

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Condizione: New. Editor(s): Schmuhl, Walter H Annenberg-Edmund P Joyce Chair Robert (University of Notre Dame). Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 218. . 2013. Paperback / so. . . . .

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. reprint edition. 147 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Condizione: New. Editor(s): Schmuhl, Walter H Annenberg-Edmund P Joyce Chair Robert (University of Notre Dame). Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 218. . 2013. Paperback / so. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

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Einband - fest (Hardcover). Condizione: New. Wallace, Samuel E.Samuel E. Wallace (Edited by)Not long after Max Lerner completed his comprehensive and influential study, America as a Civilization. he began work on a sustained analysis and assessment of Alexis de Tocqueville s Democracy in Ameri.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 1st edition. 155 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.