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Autore |
Feinman Ronald L. |
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Titolo |
Assassinations, threats, and the American presidency : from Andrew Jackson to Barack Obama / / Ronald L. Feinman |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (275 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Presidents - Assassination - United States - History |
Presidents - Assassination attempts - United States - History |
Presidents - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Andrew Jackson at the U.S. Capitol; 2 Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre; 3 James A. Garfield at the D.C. Railroad Station; 4 William McKinley at the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition; 5 Theodore Roosevelt at the Milwaukee Gilpatrick Hotel; 6 Franklin D. Roosevelt at Miami Bayfront Park; 7 Huey P. Long at the Louisiana State Capitol; 8 Harry S. Truman at Blair House; 9 John F. Kennedy at Dealey Plaza; 10 Robert F. Kennedy at the Los Angeles Ambassador Hotel; 11 George C. Wallace at Laurel, Maryland, Shopping Center |
12 Richard M. Nixon and the Baltimore Airport Incident13 Gerald R. Ford at Sacramento and San Francisco; 14 Ronald Reagan at the Washington Hilton Hotel; 15 Late Twentieth-Century Presidents and Assassination Threats; 16 Twenty-first-Century Presidents and Assassination Threats; 17 Fifteen "Might Have Been" Presidents in History; Appendix; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book provides a background on Presidents and Presidential candidates that have been subjected to assassination attempts, or assassinations. Ronald L. Feinman explores the circumstances of each attempt; the Secret Service's response; the victims, public, and media reactions to the assassinations; as well as fifteen "might have been" Presidents. |
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