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Assassinations, threats, and the American presidency : from Andrew Jackson to Barack Obama / / Ronald L. Feinman



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Autore: Feinman Ronald L. Visualizza persona
Titolo: Assassinations, threats, and the American presidency : from Andrew Jackson to Barack Obama / / Ronald L. Feinman Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4422-3122-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910828386203321
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