01801cam a2200301 4500 2357463592 TxAuBib 20090203120000.0 080725s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008033055 9780312388034 alk. paper 0312388039 alk. paper (OCoLC)237018892 DLC DLC BAKER YDXCP UKM C#P BWX CDX UPZ TxAuBib Updegrove, Mark K. Baptism by fire [BOOK] : eight presidents who took office in times of crisis / Mark K. Updegrove. 1st ed. New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2009. x, 292 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-278) and index. George Washington : the first -- Thomas Jefferson : "We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists" -- John Tyler : the accidental president -- Abraham Lincoln : "The Union is unbroken" -- Franklin D. Roosevelt : nothing to fear -- Harry S. Truman : "If you pray, pray for me now" -- John F. Kennedy : "The torch has been passed" -- Gerald R. Ford : "Our long national nightmare is over". Presents accounts of eight U.S. presidents who assumed office at times of crisis and how they met high-stakes challenges, from Lincoln's efforts on behalf of a divided nation and FDR's strategies during the Depression to Truman's inheritance of World War II and Kennedy's role in addressing the Cold War. 20090203. Presidents United States History. Presidents United States Biography. Crisis management in government United States History. Political leadership United States History.