Bibliograph

Failures of the presidents, from the Whiskey Rebellion to the War of 1812 to the Bay of Pigs to the Iran-Contra Affair, Thomas J. Craughwell with M. William Phelps

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Label

Failures of the presidents, from the Whiskey Rebellion to the War of 1812 to the Bay of Pigs to the Iran-Contra Affair, Thomas J. Craughwell with M. William Phelps

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Failures of the presidents

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

213495431

Responsibility statement

Thomas J. Craughwell with M. William Phelps

Sub title

from the Whiskey Rebellion to the War of 1812 to the Bay of Pigs to the Iran-Contra Affair

Table Of Contents

George Washington, the Whiskey Rebellion -- John Adams, the Alien and Sedition Acts -- Thomas Jefferson, the Embargo Act -- James Madison, the War of 1812 -- Andrew Jackson, the Trail of Tears -- Franklin Pierce, repeal of the Missouri Compromise -- Andrew Johnson, the attempted invasion of Canada -- Ulysses S. Grant, the attempt to annex Santo Domingo -- Grover Cleveland, the Pullman strike -- William McKinley, "a splendid little war" with Spain -- Woodrow Wilson, the punitive expedition into Mexico -- Herbert Hoover, the Bonus Army -- Franklin D. Roosevelt, the internment of Japanese Americans in World War II -- John F. Kennedy, the Bay of Pigs invasion -- Lyndon B. Johnson, the Tonkin Gulf Resolution -- Richard Nixon, the bombing of Cambodia -- Richard Nixon, Watergate -- Jimmy Carter, the Iranian hostage crisis -- Jimmy Carter, the energy crisis and "malaise" -- Ronald Reagan, the Iran-Contra Affair

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