My Fellow Americans: Presidential Addresses That Shaped History

by James C. Humes

The presidency, in Theodore Roosevelt's famous words, is a Bully Pulpit. No one has studied the presidency from this vantage point. This book, in a sense, is a study of American political history seen through the prism of selected presidential addresses. It reveals how presidents used major addresses to create a theme for their administrations, to introduce history-making legislation or programs, or to rally successfully a majority of the nation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275935078
• ISBN13: 9780275935078
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.5"