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  • George Humphrey, Charles Wilson and Eisenhower’s War on Spending
    James Worthen
     The first Republican president since the Great Depression, Dwight Eisenhower was the victorious supreme allied commander of World War II’s European theater, but a political novice when he moved into the White House in 1953. To help make domestic policy, he recruited two of the country’s richest businessmen--Cleveland industrialist George Humphrey and General Motors presiden...
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    64,67 €

  • Mnemonology
    James B. Worthen / R. Reed Hunt
    This book bridges the gap between basic memory research and mnemonic applications through a careful analysis of the processes that underlie effective memory aids. ...
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    104,72 €

  • The Young Nixon and His Rivals
    James Worthen
    During his rise to national prominence, Richard Nixon as forced to confront the political ambitions of fellow Californians Earl Warren, William Knowland and Goodwin Knight, all of whom shared in his dream of becoming president. The simultaneous ascent of these four Republican politicians--dubbed the 'four giants' by the regional and national media--led to intense personal ri...
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    42,81 €

  • Governor James Rolph and the Great Depression in California
    James Worthen
    In 1911, when businessman James Rolph first ran for mayor of San Francisco, he promised, 'I will be mayor of the whole city, and not the mayor for any particular section.' This statement seemed to characterize Rolph’s political career. After serving an unprecedented five terms as mayor, he went on to win California’s 1930 gubernatorial election. Rolph, however, had severely ...
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    57,42 €