Assassinations, threats, and the American presidency : from Andrew Jackson to Barack Obama / / Ronald L. Feinman
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (275 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973.09/9 |
| Soggetto topico: | Presidents - Assassination - United States - History |
| Presidents - Assassination attempts - United States - History | |
| Presidents - United States | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Assassinations, threats, and the American presidency |
| ISBN: | 1-4422-3122-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910797494603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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