The Buck Stops Here: The 28 Toughest Presidential Decisions and How They Changed History

by Edwin Kiester Jr, Thomas J. Craughwell, Edwin Kiester

Book Overview

The Buck Stops Here consists of twenty-eight engrossing accounts of the most important United States presidential decisions in history. They range from the abolition of slavery with the Emancipation Proclamation to the acquisition of vast new territory with the Louisiana Purchase to the establishment of enduring institutions such as Medicare and America's national parks. These decisions encompass, too, such less-well-known measures as the G.I. Bill...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159233427X
• ISBN13: 9781592334278
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Fair Winds Press (MA)
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.7" x 9.5"