Generals in the White HouseAmerikansk historie, amerikanske præsidenter - amerikansk bog fra 1952 om "generaler i Det Hvide Hus"--Beskriver følgende amerikanske generaler som efter en militære karriere også fik en politisk karriere og endte som USA's præsident i Det Hvide Hus, Washington DC, den amerikanske præsidentbolig og magtens centrum i USA: George Washington; Andrew Jackson; William Henry Harrison; Zachary Taylor; Franklin Pierce; Ulysses S. Grant; Rutherford B. Hayes; James A. Garfield; Benjamin Harrison. |
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CHAPTER PAGE I AMERICAN PARADOX I | 1 |
THE PEDIGREE OF PREJUDICE | 3 |
WHAT MAKES A GENERAL? | 23 |
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