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Ford, Henry, 1863-1947, author. Wan Muhammad Haeqal, editor. Fatimah Rodhiah, translator.
2015
Pustaka KL @ Keramat
ISBN
9789670716459
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Jews -- United States -- Politics and government
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Meltzer, Brad Eliopoulos, Chris, illustrator
2014
Perpustakaan Kuala Lumpur (Kanak-Kanak)
ISBN
9780803740839
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 -- Juvenile literature
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Weber, Karl, 1953-
" Lincoln, in theaters November 9, portrays America's 16th president when he faced two colossal challenges: winning the Civil War, and passing the Thirteenth Amendment, outlawing slavery and making permanent the promise of the Emancipation Proclamation. The politics of wartime, which required unity at all costs, conflicted with divisiveness of slavery. The president had to be at once true to his ideals and employ old-fashioned political cunning to outwit his rivals. This companion book, featuring a foreword by screenwriter Tony Kushner, invites historians and Lincoln experts to imagine Lincoln in eras other than his own, facing challenges of those times. How would Lincoln have handled the Second World War, or the politics of Civil Rights era, or the modern Republican Party? Using the character of Lincoln presented in the film - a man of high principle and low cunning - the book shows how Lincoln, a president for the ages, might indeed have taken America forward during other historic moments of drama and opportunity. "-- "This companion book to the major motion picture from Steven Spielberg, starring Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln, has leading historians answering the question: What Would Lincoln Do? Lincoln portrays America's 16th president when he faced two colossal challenges: winning the Civil War, and passing the Thirteenth Amendment, outlawing slavery and making permanent the promise of the Emancipation Proclamation. The politics of wartime, which required unity at all costs, conflicted with divisiveness of slavery. The president had to be at once true to his ideals and employ old-fashioned political cunning to outwit his rivals"--
2012
ISBN
9781610392631
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United States -- Politics and government -- Decision making.
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Cuomo, Mario Mathew
2004
ISBN
9780151009992
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United States politics and government 2001-
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1997
ISBN
9781422923924
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
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Lincoln, Abraham
1989
ISBN
9780940450639
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United States--Politics and government--1857-1861
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