Gerald R. Ford's Date with Destiny

Gerald R. Ford's Date with Destiny
Title Gerald R. Ford's Date with Destiny PDF eBook
Author Edward L. Schapsmeier
Publisher Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Pages 384
Release 1989
Genre Biography & Autobiography
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This informative and highly readable biography presents a scholarly account of Gerald R. Ford's life and political career - one which culminated in being the nation's only nonelected president. Elaborated upon: are his start in politics as a municipal reformer; thirteen terms in Congress; role as GOP Minority Leader; tenure as vice president; significant events of his 835-day presidency; and the highlights of his post-presidential years.

A Companion to Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy Carter

A Companion to Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy Carter
Title A Companion to Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy Carter PDF eBook
Author Scott Kaufman
Publisher John Wiley & Sons
Pages 606
Release 2015-10-21
Genre History
ISBN 1118907582

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With 30 historiographical essays by established and rising scholars, this Companion is a comprehensive picture of the presidencies and legacies of Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter. Examines important national and international events during the 1970s, as well as presidential initiatives, crises, and legislation Discusses the biography of each man before entering the White House, his legacy and work after leaving office, and the lives of Betty Ford, Rosalynn Carter, and their families Covers key themes and issues, including Watergate and the pardon of Richard Nixon, the Vietnam War, neoconservatism and the rise of the New Right, and the Iran hostage crisis Incorporates presidential, diplomatic, military, economic, social, and cultural history Uses the most recent research and newly released documents from the two Presidential Libraries and the State Department

Gerald R. Ford

Gerald R. Ford
Title Gerald R. Ford PDF eBook
Author Mary Mueller Winget
Publisher Twenty-First Century Books
Pages 114
Release 2007-01-01
Genre Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN 0822588048

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In the aftermath of the Watergate scandal, then Vice President Gerald Ford became the first person to succeed a president who had resigned from office. Although Ford’s presidency lasted only three years, he worked diligently to heal a country from war, inflation, and controversy. Ford began a career serving his country in World War II, eventually becoming a lieutenant commander in the Navy. In 1948 he was elected to the United States Congress, where he served with distinction for the next 25 years. During the Watergate investigations in 1973, the vice president resigned and Ford stepped into that office. When President Richard Nixon resigned a short time later, Ford became the first president that was not officially elected by the country. Ford is largely credited with restoring the country’s faith in office after a tumultuous decade.

The Presidency of Gerald R. Ford

The Presidency of Gerald R. Ford
Title The Presidency of Gerald R. Ford PDF eBook
Author John Robert Greene
Publisher
Pages 280
Release 1995
Genre Biography & Autobiography
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"Riveting from start to finish". -- Herbert S. Parmet, author of Richard Nixon and His America.

Gerald R. Ford

Gerald R. Ford
Title Gerald R. Ford PDF eBook
Author James Cannon
Publisher University of Michigan Press
Pages 513
Release 2013-04-16
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0472029460

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“Not since Harry Truman succeeded Franklin D. Roosevelt twenty-nine years earlier had the American people known so little about a man who had stepped forward from obscurity to take the oath of office as President of the United States.” —from Chapter 4 This is a comprehensive narrative account of the life of Gerald Ford written by one of his closest advisers, James Cannon. Written with unique insight and benefiting from personal interviews with President Ford in his last years, Gerald R. Ford: An Honorable Lifeis James Cannon’s final look at the simple and honest man from the Midwest.

Gerald Ford and the Challenges of the 1970s

Gerald Ford and the Challenges of the 1970s
Title Gerald Ford and the Challenges of the 1970s PDF eBook
Author Yanek Mieczkowski
Publisher University Press of Kentucky
Pages 492
Release 2005-04-22
Genre History
ISBN 9780813123493

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"In the author's reassessment of this underrated president, Ford emerges as a skilled executive, an effective diplomat, and a leader with a clear vision for America's future. Working to heal a divided nation, Ford unified the GOP and laid the groundwork for the Republican resurgence in subsequent decades."--BOOK JACKET.

The Dismissing of America's Covenant with God

The Dismissing of America's Covenant with God
Title The Dismissing of America's Covenant with God PDF eBook
Author Miles Huntley Hodges
Publisher WestBow Press
Pages 345
Release 2020-04-30
Genre Religion
ISBN 1973689286

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This volume looks at how, as America went through the 1960s, its achievement of superpower status invited both deep “Progressive” political changes at home (Johnson’s Great Society) and aggressive “Democratic” involvement abroad (Vietnam)—in both instances resulting in social catastrophe. The narrative continues, describing the battle to hold America’s traditional Christian political-moral foundations (based on the American family and local community) against the urge of Congressional Progressivists, a Liberal media, idealistic academics, a Boomer generation, and federal judges to rewrite those same standards along more Secular lines. It covers Nixon’s diplomatic successes abroad—yet his humiliation at home (Watergate); the resultant collapse of all social order in Indochina with the retreat of America from the region; Carter’s discovery that diplomatic “niceness” is not a good substitute for real power; the restoration of American national pride during the Reagan, Bush Sr., and Clinton years (thanks to strong but carefully measured policies); the disaster that hit when Bush Jr. decided to “democratize” Afghanistan and Iraq; the deep “Change” that Obama attempted to bring to a centuries-old traditional America; and finally the arrival of Trump, deeply contested by political adversaries. It looks at the moral-spiritual character (rather universally Christian) of America’s national leadership since 1960 and how that had its own impact on the country, even during this distinctly “post-Christian” period. The narrative concludes with a review of the various political-moral lessons we should draw from America’s own national narrative—particularly the necessity of getting back into an all-important Covenant relationship with God.