1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461811903321

Autore

Blumenthal David

Titolo

The Heart of Power, With a New Preface : Health and Politics in the Oval Office / / David Blumenthal, James Morone

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2010]

©2010

ISBN

0-520-94804-1

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (519 p.)

Disciplina

362.10973

Soggetti

Federal Government

Health Policy

Leadership

Medical policy -

Policy Making

Politics

Presidents

Public Health Practice

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface, 2010 -- 2009 Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Franklin Delano Roosevelt -- Chapter 2. Harry S. Truman -- Chapter 3. Dwight D. Eisenhower -- Chapter 4. John F. Kennedy -- Chapter 5. Lyndon B. Johnson -- Chapter 6. Richard Nixon -- Chapter 7. Jimmy Carter -- Chapter 8. Ronald Reagan -- Chapter 9. George Herbert Walker Bush -- Chapter 10. Bill Clinton -- Chapter 11. George W. Bush -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Even the most powerful men in the world are human-they get sick, take dubious drugs, drink too much, contemplate suicide, fret about ailing parents, and bury people they love. Young Richard Nixon watched two brothers die of tuberculosis, even while doctors monitored a suspicious shadow on his own lungs. John Kennedy received last rites four times



as an adult, and Lyndon Johnson suffered a "belly buster" of a heart attack. David Blumenthal and James A. Morone explore how modern presidents have wrestled with their own mortality-and how they have taken this most human experience to heart as they faced the difficult politics of health care. Drawing on a trove of newly released White House tapes, on extensive interviews with White House staff, and on dramatic archival material that has only recently come to light, The Heart of Power explores the hidden ways in which presidents shape our destinies through their own experiences. Taking a close look at Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George Herbert Walker Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush, the book shows what history can teach us as we confront the health care challenges of the twenty-first century.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910495787803321

Autore

Boniface Xavier

Titolo

Cathédrales en guerre XVIe-XXIe siècle / Xavier Boniface, Louise Dessaivre

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Villeneuve d'Ascq, : Presses universitaires du Septentrion, 2020

ISBN

2-7574-3065-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (284 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CapetAntoine

CaponiMatteo

CoutelCharles

DanchinEmmanuelle

DessaivreLouise

GeorgeMichaël

GeorgesOlivier

GrandhommeJean-Noël

GrévyJérôme

MichonneauStéphane

MorbidiFabio

MouaddibEl Mustapha

Nijenhuis-BescherAndreas

PelizaeusLudolf

PinguéDanièle

PrungnaudJoëlle

TruilletJonathan

BonifaceXavier



Soggetti

History

patrimoine

sacrilège

iconoclasme

mémoire

propagande

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Édifice religieux monumental, la cathédrale représente un symbole spirituel, patrimonial, culturel et politique. C’est pourquoi elle est confrontée, en temps de guerre, aux effets et à la violence de celle-ci : sa taille la désigne comme un objectif repérable de loin ; sa fonction religieuse en fait un symbole pour rassembler la population ; elle peut susciter au contraire une volonté de destruction, notamment iconoclaste, de la part de l’adversaire ; les cérémonies qui s’y déroulent pendant ou après les conflits implorent la protection divine, demandent la victoire, honorent les morts. Les enjeux politiques se mêlent aux dimensions spirituelles pour élever certaines cathédrales en symboles nationaux. Enfin, l’édifice est un lieu de mémoire des guerres, par ses cicatrices, ses mémoriaux, ses cérémonies du souvenir, voire de réconciliation. La situation des cathédrales en Europe occidentale des guerres de Religion jusqu’à nos jours – une période marquée par de nombreux et amples conflits – en témoigne.  A monumental religious building, the cathedral represents a spiritual, heritage, cultural and political symbol. This is why, in times of war, it’s confronted with the effects and violence of war.