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Bush, George W. (George Walker) 1946- France History German occupation, 1940-1945 Generals United States Biography Paris (France) History 1940-1944 Presidents United States Biography Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) 1882-1945 United States Politics and government 1953-1961 United States Politics and government 2001-2009 United States. Army Biography World War, 1939-1945 France ParisSmith, Jean Edward.
Summary: "Ulysses S. Grant was the first four-star general in the history of the United States Army and the only president between Andrew Jackson and Woodrow Wilson to serve eight consecutive years in the White House. As general in chief, Grant revolutionized modern warfare. Rather than capture enemy territory or march on Southern cities, he concentrated on engaging and defeating the Confederate armies...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2001
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Summary: A peerless biographer returns with a new life of Dwight D. Eisenhower that is as full, rich, and revealing as anything ever written about America's thirty-fourth president.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2012
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Summary: "Presidential biographer Jean Edward Smith offers a ... biography of George W. Bush, showing how he ignored his advisors to make key decisions himself--most [famously] in invading Iraq--and how these decisions were often driven by the President's deep religious faith"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2016
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Summary: "The liberation of Paris tells the dramatic story of the Allied decision in World War II to divert from the strategic plan in order to save the City of Light from chaos and assist de Gaulle's efforts to become France's new leader even as the German general in charge of the occupation defied his orders to destroy the city as the Allies closed in."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 Smith 2019Smith, Jean Edward.
Summary: Acclaimed biographer Smith combines contemporary scholarship and a broad range of primary source material to narrate the epic life of the president who, more than any other individual, changed the relationship between the American people and their government. We see how Roosevelt's energy, intellect, and personal magnetism permitted him to master countless challenges. Smith recounts FDR's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2007