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Author : Dana Bash
Release : 2024-10-09
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 439/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis America's Deadliest Election by : Dana Bash
Download or read book America's Deadliest Election written by Dana Bash. This book was released on 2024-10-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dana Bash
Release : 2024-09-03
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 332/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis America's Deadliest Election by : Dana Bash
Download or read book America's Deadliest Election written by Dana Bash. This book was released on 2024-09-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Let chaos come.” The violent election of 1872 that serves as a warning for today's divided politics. From CNN’s Chief Political Correspondent Dana Bash, the fast-paced story of the extraordinary election that led to hundreds of murders, warfare in the streets of New Orleans, two governors of Louisiana—and changed the course of politics in our country. The Election of 1872 was the most contentious in American history. After both parties complained of corruption, neither candidate would concede, two governors claimed office and chaos erupted. Rival newspapers engaged in a bitter war of words, politicians plotted to overthrow the government, and their supporters fought in the streets and attempted assassinations. The entire country watched in grim fascination as the wounds of the Civil War were ripped open and the promise of President Grant’s Reconstruction faltered in the face of violent resistance and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan. In this riveting book, Dana Bash and David Fisher tell the incredible, little-known story of the election that pushed democracy to the breaking point, and sparked historic events including: The Colfax Massacre, in which at least 150 Black men were killed by white supremacists The extraordinary train race from New York to New Orleans for control of the state government The election of the first black Congressman from Louisiana in the face of violent resistance The Supreme Court ruling that ended Reconstruction and became the foundation of Southern segregation, changing the American legal system for the next century Readers will find eerie parallels to today's divided political landscape and leaders willing to seize power no matter the cost. An eye-opening warning of what's at stake and what it takes to protect our democracy, this is a must-read tale of America's deadliest election.
Author : John Bicknell
Release : 2017-06-01
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 005/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Lincoln's Pathfinder by : John Bicknell
Download or read book Lincoln's Pathfinder written by John Bicknell. This book was released on 2017-06-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The election of 1856 was the most violent peacetime election in American history. Amid all the violence, the campaign of the new Republican Party, headed by famed explorer John C. Frémont, offered a ray of hope that had never before been seen in the politics of the nation—a major party dedicated to limiting the spread of slavery. For the first time, women and African Americans became actively engaged in a presidential contest, and the candidate's wife, Jessie Benton Frémont, played a central role in both planning and executing strategy while being a public face of the campaign. The 1856 campaign was also run against the backdrop of a country on the move, with settlers continuing to spread westward facing unimagined horrors, a terrible natural disaster that took hundreds of lives in the South, and one of the most famous Supreme Court cases in history, which set the stage for the Civil War. Frémont lost, but his strong showing in the North proved that a sectional party could win a national election, blazing the trail for Abraham Lincoln's victory four years later.
Author : William Blum
Release : 2022-10-20
Genre : Democracy
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Book Rating : 571/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis America's Deadliest Export by : William Blum
Download or read book America's Deadliest Export written by William Blum. This book was released on 2022-10-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A fireball of terse information.'Oliver Stone'A remarkable collection. Blum concentrates on matters of great current significance, and does not pull his punches. They land, backed with evidence and acute analysis.'Noam ChomskyFor over sixty-five years, the United States war machine has been on automatic pilot. Since World War II we have been conditioned to believe that America's motives in 'exporting' democracy are honorable, even noble.In this startling and provocative book, William Blum, a leading dissident chronicler of US foreign policy and the author of controversial bestseller Rogue State, argues that nothing could be further from the truth.Moreover, unless this fallacy is unlearned, and until people understand fully the worldwide suffering American policy has caused, we will never be able to stop the monster.
Author : Fareed Zakaria
Release : 2020-10-06
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 149/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World by : Fareed Zakaria
Download or read book Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World written by Fareed Zakaria. This book was released on 2020-10-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Bestseller COVID-19 is speeding up history, but how? What is the shape of the world to come? Lenin once said, "There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen." This is one of those times when history has sped up. CNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria helps readers to understand the nature of a post-pandemic world: the political, social, technological, and economic consequences that may take years to unfold. Written in the form of ten "lessons," covering topics from natural and biological risks to the rise of "digital life" to an emerging bipolar world order, Zakaria helps readers to begin thinking beyond the immediate effects of COVID-19. Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World speaks to past, present, and future, and, while urgent and timely, is sure to become an enduring reflection on life in the early twenty-first century.
