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Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Americans have long been defined by how they face adversity. This is perhaps nowhere more evident than in how the nation's chief executive has tackled myriad issues upon entering the White House. The ways that U.S. presidents handle the vast responsibilities of the Oval Office determine the fate of the nation--and, in many cases, the fate of the world.
In this fascinating narrative, presidential historian, Mark Updegrove looks at eight U.S. presidents...
Author
Series
Tom Clancy's Op-Center volume 7
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
When a mysterious cabal within the U.S. State Department causes tensions to erupt between Iran and Azerbaijan and plots to depose the President of the United States, Paul Hood and the Op-Center team must stop the conspiracy.
Author
Series
Op-center volume 9
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
On the surface it seems a simple case: a group of African militiamen have kidnapped a priest and ordered all Catholic missionaries to leave the nation of Botswana. But the Vatican thinks otherwise. At its urging, Op-Center investigates -- and finds that the real purpose of the crime is a plan by outside forces to destabilize the government and seize the nation's diamond mines. With its military team, Striker, out of commision, Op-Center must reinvent...
Author
Series
Tom Clancy's Op-Center volume 5
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
1998.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
7) Raven Rock: the story of the U.S. Government's secret plan to save itself-while the rest of us die
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The eye-opening truth about the government's secret plans to survive a catastrophic attack on US soil--even if the rest of us die--a roadmap that spans from the dawn of the nuclear age to today"--Provided by publisher.
8) Nixon's White House wars: the battles that made and broke a president and divided America forever
Author
Publisher
Crown Forum
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
From Vietnam to the Southern Strategy, from the opening of China to the scandal of Watergate, Pat Buchanan - speechwriter and senior adviser to President Nixon - tells the untold story of Nixon's embattled White House, from its historic wins to it devastating defeats. In his inaugural address, Nixon held out a hand in friendship to Republicans and Democrats alike. But by the fall of 1969, massive demonstrations in Washington and around the country...
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