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George Washington was an American soldier, statesman, and Founding Father who worked as the nation's first president from 1789 to 1797. Washington was called leader of the Continental Army by the Continental Congress, and he led the Patriot forces to triumph in the American Revolutionary War.

Andrew Jackson was an American attorney, soldier, and statesman who acted as the seventh president of the U.S. from 1829 to 1837. Jackson rose to prominence as a basic in the US Army and served in both homes of Congress before being chosen to the presidency.

Richard Milhous Nixon was the United States' 37th president, serving from 1969 to 1974. Nixon, a Republican politician, formerly worked as the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961, after rising to country prominence as a California agent and senator. Following the Watergate occurrence, he ended up being the only president to leave from office after five years in the White House that observed the end of the Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China, the first manned moon landing, and the starting of the EPA.

Den 3 november 2020 väljer amerikanerna landets 46:e president, världens mäktigaste ledare. Valsystemet är svårt att genomskåda - ibland har förloraren faktiskt fått flest röster, men inte flest elektorer. Det kan tyckas odemokratiskt, men systemet har utvecklats för att landets minst befolkade delstater också ska ha inflytande, och är lika gammalt som landets författning. I över 150 år har valet stått mellan kandidater från USA:s båda partier, demokraterna och republikanerna.

Dispelling the myths and mystery around Ukraine’s current president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, this fascinating biography unravels the incredible story behind the man who has come to define Ukraine. Whether it’s his famous stand against government corruption, his passionate call for unity between the Ukrainian and Russian people, or his staunch defense of liberty in the face of Russia’s 2022 invasion, Zelenskyy has captured the attention of the world for his determination and larger-than-life personality.

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th president of the United States of America, serving from 1981 to 1989. He was the Republican political party's 33rd governor of California from 1967 to 1975, following a profession as a Hollywood star and labor organizer. Reagan was born in Tampico, Illinois, to a low-income family. In the year 1932, he finished from Eureka College and went to work in Iowa as a radio sports analyst.

Ulysses S. Grant was an American army officer and political leader who acted as the United States' 18th president from 1869 to 1877. Grant was an achieved civil liberties executive at the time of his presidency, developing the Justice Department and teaming up with the Radical Republicans to secure African Americans at the time of Restoration. He led the Union Army to success in the American Civil War as Commanding General in the year 1865, and after that briefly functioned as Secretary of War.

This is a great value combo. It covers the lives and legacies of various American presidents. The following presidents will be covered in this audiobook: Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, George Washington, James Madison, John F. Kennedy, Martin van Buren, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and Ulysses Grant.

Award-winning historian David Pietrusza boldly steers clear of the past narrative regarding Franklin Roosevelt’s unprecedented 1936 re-election landslide, weaving an enormously more intricate, ever more surprising tale of a polarized nation; of America’s most complex, calculating, and politically successful president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, at the very top of his Machiavellian game; and the unlocking of the puzzle of how our society, our politics, and our parties fitfully reinvented themselves.

In popular memory, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the quintessential political “natural.” Born in 1882 to a wealthy, influential family and blessed with an abundance of charm and charisma, he seemed destined for high office. Yet for all his gifts, the young Roosevelt nonetheless lacked depth, empathy, and an ability to think strategically. Those qualities, so essential to his success as president, were skills he acquired during his seven-year journey through illness and recovery.

In this riveting work of narrative nonfiction, Jonathan Darman tells the story of two giants of American politics, Lyndon Johnson and Ronald Reagan, and shows how, from 1963 to 1966, these two men—the same age, and driven by the same heroic ambitions—changed American politics forever.

Desde su nacimiento, en 1984, Kim Jong Un ha estado envuelto en mitos y propaganda, desde simples tonterías —supuestamente podía conducir un coche a la edad de tres años— hasta las sangrientas historias de los miembros de su familia que perecieron bajo su mando. Anna Fifield reconstruye el pasado y el presente del tirano, con acceso exclusivo a fuentes cercanas a él y su conocimiento único del país asiático para explicar la misión dinástica de su familia en Corea del Norte.

John Adams was the second president of the United States, serving from 1797 to 1801. He was an American leader, lawyer, diplomat, author, and Founding Father. He was the first vice president of the US and a leader of the American Revolution, which caused the nation's independence from Great Britain. Adams kept a journal and communicated with certain crucial individuals in early American history, including his marriage partner and consultant Abigail Adams and Thomas Jefferson.

Vladimir Putin is the world’s most dangerous man. Alone among world leaders, he has the power to reduce the United States and Europe to ashes in a nuclear firestorm and has threatened to do so. He invades his neighbors, most recently Ukraine, meddles in western elections, and orders assassinations inside and outside Russia. His regime is autocratic and deeply corrupt. But that is only half the story. Unflinching, hard-hitting, and objective, Philip Short’s biography gives us the whole tale, up to the present day.

In 1943, as the war against Nazi Germany raged abroad, President Franklin Roosevelt had a critical goal: a face-to-face sit-down with his allies Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill. This first-ever meeting of the Big Three in Tehran, Iran, would decide some of the most crucial strategic details of the war. Yet when the Nazis found out about the meeting, their own secret plan took shape—an assassination plot that would’ve changed history.

Drawing on a host of recently declassified documents from the Reagan-Thatcher years, A Diplomatic Meeting provides an innovative framework for understanding the development and nature of the special relationship between British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and American President Ronald Reagan, who were known as "political soulmates". James Cooper boldly challenges the popular conflation of the leaders' platforms and proposes that Reagan and Thatcher's summitry highlighted unique features of domestic policy in their respective countries.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the longest serving president in US history, reshaping the country during the crises of the Great Depression and World War II. James MacGregor Burns's magisterial two-volume biography tells the complete life story of the fascinating political figure who instituted the New Deal. The Lion and the Fox details Roosevelt's youth, education, and his rise to national prominence, through his first two terms as president. The Soldier of Freedom is a moving profile of a leader gifted with rare political talent in an era of extraordinary challenges.

Although Lincoln’s adult life as president, statesman, and savior of the Union has been well documented and analyzed, most biographers have regarded his early years as inconsequential to his career and accomplishments. But in 1920, a group of historians known as the Lincoln Inquiry were determined to give Lincoln’s formative years their due. Abe’s Youth takes a look into their writings, which focus on Lincoln’s life between seven and 21 years of age.

Do you want to learn about Abraham Lincoln? Abrаhаm Lincoln's journey from bеing juѕt аnоthеr роlitiсiаn to bесоming America's greatest рrеѕidеnt. Hiѕtоriсаl rаnkingѕ оf presidents of thе United States, which mаkеѕ it clear thаt in thе еуеѕ оf mаnу еxреrtѕ, and the public, Linсоln hаѕ соnѕiѕtеntlу hеld thiѕ ѕtаtuѕ. A kеу tо thiѕ transformation was hоw Linсоln developed thе ѕеlf-diѕсiрlinе tо tаkе оnе of his signature strengths - hiѕ mastery of language.

Do you want to learn about Richard Nixon and his life? Riсhаrd Nixon's presidency еndеd in роlitiсаl disgrace, but bеnеаth thе scandal wаѕ a dеерlу соmрlеx humаn ѕtоrу. Thiѕ lesson details thе mоѕt imроrtаnt aspects of Nixon's реrѕоnаlitу and hоw they ѕhареd hiѕ соntrоvеrѕiаl political саrееr. In contemporary Amеriсаn politics, thе nаmе of Riсhаrd Nixоn—37th prеѕidеnt оf thе Unitеd States frоm 1969 tо 1974—hаѕ bесоmе ѕуnоnуmоuѕ with political scandal аnd boundless ambition.