Bad Presidents

Bad Presidents

Philip Abbott

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Springer Nature B.V.
Año de edición:
2013
Materia
Historia de América
ISBN:
9781137306586

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George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt are always at the top of presidential rankings. But what about those presidents who consistently appear at or near the bottom of these lists? Based on the insights found in Shakespeare’s tre

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