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The Resource Twelve great clashes that shaped modern America : from Geronimo to George W. Bush, Anthony Arthur, John Broesamle

Twelve great clashes that shaped modern America : from Geronimo to George W. Bush, Anthony Arthur, John Broesamle

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vii, 360 p.
Note
Updated version of "Clashes of will, great confrontations that have shaped modern America"
Contents
  • I never do wrong without a cause : Geronimo, George Crook, Nelson A. Miles, and the ownership of America
  • A dance of skeletons bathed in human tears : George Pullman, Eugene Debs, and the railway strike of 1894
  • Cast down your bucket where you are : Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, and equal rights for blacks
  • Damn-dam-damnation : John Muir, Theodore Roosevelt, and the environment
  • The world must be made safe for democracy : Woodrow Wilson, Henry Cabot Lodge, and America's place among nations
  • Ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished : Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the welfare state
  • All the evil of the times : J. Robert Oppenheimer, Edward Teller, and the bombs
  • No substitute for victory : Harry S. Truman, Douglas MacArthur, and the Korean War
  • What in the name of God have we come to? : Richard M. Nixon, Daniel Ellsberg, and the Pentagon papers
  • Men are not the enemy : Betty Friedan, Phyllis Schlafly, and the Equal Rights Amendment
  • Race unfortunately still matters : Sandra Day O'Connor, Clarence Thomas, and affirmative action
  • Reporting for duty! : John Kerry, George W. Bush, Iraq, and the War on Terror
Isbn
9780321418265
Link
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0419/2004014149.html
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Twelve great clashes that shaped modern America : from Geronimo to George W. Bush
Title
Twelve great clashes that shaped modern America
Title remainder
from Geronimo to George W. Bush
Statement of responsibility
Anthony Arthur, John Broesamle
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Language
eng
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PNX
Dewey number
973
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maps
Index
index present
LC call number
E742
LC item number
.B745 2006
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Label
Twelve great clashes that shaped modern America : from Geronimo to George W. Bush, Anthony Arthur, John Broesamle
Link
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0419/2004014149.html
Instantiates
Publication
Note
Updated version of "Clashes of will, great confrontations that have shaped modern America"
Bibliography note
Includes bibliography (p. 337-350) and index
Contents
I never do wrong without a cause : Geronimo, George Crook, Nelson A. Miles, and the ownership of America -- A dance of skeletons bathed in human tears : George Pullman, Eugene Debs, and the railway strike of 1894 -- Cast down your bucket where you are : Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, and equal rights for blacks -- Damn-dam-damnation : John Muir, Theodore Roosevelt, and the environment -- The world must be made safe for democracy : Woodrow Wilson, Henry Cabot Lodge, and America's place among nations -- Ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished : Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the welfare state -- All the evil of the times : J. Robert Oppenheimer, Edward Teller, and the bombs -- No substitute for victory : Harry S. Truman, Douglas MacArthur, and the Korean War -- What in the name of God have we come to? : Richard M. Nixon, Daniel Ellsberg, and the Pentagon papers -- Men are not the enemy : Betty Friedan, Phyllis Schlafly, and the Equal Rights Amendment -- Race unfortunately still matters : Sandra Day O'Connor, Clarence Thomas, and affirmative action -- Reporting for duty! : John Kerry, George W. Bush, Iraq, and the War on Terror
Dimensions
21 cm.
Extent
vii, 360 p.
Isbn
9780321418265
Other physical details
maps
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  • ocm70667187
  • (OCoLC)70667187
Label
Twelve great clashes that shaped modern America : from Geronimo to George W. Bush, Anthony Arthur, John Broesamle
Link
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0419/2004014149.html
Publication
Note
Updated version of "Clashes of will, great confrontations that have shaped modern America"
Bibliography note
Includes bibliography (p. 337-350) and index
Contents
I never do wrong without a cause : Geronimo, George Crook, Nelson A. Miles, and the ownership of America -- A dance of skeletons bathed in human tears : George Pullman, Eugene Debs, and the railway strike of 1894 -- Cast down your bucket where you are : Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, and equal rights for blacks -- Damn-dam-damnation : John Muir, Theodore Roosevelt, and the environment -- The world must be made safe for democracy : Woodrow Wilson, Henry Cabot Lodge, and America's place among nations -- Ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished : Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the welfare state -- All the evil of the times : J. Robert Oppenheimer, Edward Teller, and the bombs -- No substitute for victory : Harry S. Truman, Douglas MacArthur, and the Korean War -- What in the name of God have we come to? : Richard M. Nixon, Daniel Ellsberg, and the Pentagon papers -- Men are not the enemy : Betty Friedan, Phyllis Schlafly, and the Equal Rights Amendment -- Race unfortunately still matters : Sandra Day O'Connor, Clarence Thomas, and affirmative action -- Reporting for duty! : John Kerry, George W. Bush, Iraq, and the War on Terror
Dimensions
21 cm.
Extent
vii, 360 p.
Isbn
9780321418265
Other physical details
maps
System control number
  • ocm70667187
  • (OCoLC)70667187

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