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Presidential Courage
Presidential Courage
Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989  
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Contents


Preface

Chapter One
a speedy death to general washington!

Chapter Two
kick this treaty to hell!

Chapter Three
the damnedest liar

Chapter Four
he may retire with undiminish'd glory

Chapter Five
rivalries irritated to madness

Chapter Six
oh, that i was a soldier!

Chapter Seven
rocks and quicksands on all sides

Chapter Eight
the most splendid diamond in my crown

Chapter Nine
i will kill it!

Chapter Ten
not a man to be forced

Chapter Eleven
i was born for the storm

Chapter Twelve
who would have had the courage?

Chapter Thirteen
i am going to be beaten

Chapter Fourteen
too angelic for this devilish rebellion

Chapter Fifteen
a well-meaning baboon

Chapter Sixteen
the country will be saved

Chapter Seventeen
i see dynamite

Chapter Eighteen
black storm

Chapter Nineteen
a rough-and-tumble man

Chapter Twenty
i upset them all

Chapter Twenty-one
we must protect the chief!

Chapter Twenty-two
gloom personified

Chapter Twenty-three
salute your caesar?

Chapter Twenty-four
we have avoided a putsch

Chapter Twenty-five
no people except the hebrews

Chapter Twenty-six
the right place at the right time

Chapter Twenty-seven
how could this have happened?

Chapter Twenty-eight
i am cyrus!

Chapter Twenty-nine
they never show their passion

Chapter Thirty
go get him, johnny boy!

Chapter Thirty-one
it's going to be a civil war

Chapter Thirty-two
a man has to take a stand

Chapter Thirty-three
we win and they lose!

Chapter Thirty-four
it left me greatly depressed

Chapter Thirty-five
don't worry that i've lost my bearings

Chapter Thirty-six
a miracle has taken place

Epiloguepresidential courage

Notes

Sources

Acknowledgments

Index