Icons of Democracy: American Leaders as Heroes, Aristocrats, Dissenters and Democrats

by Bruce Miroff

Book Overview

Through an examination of nine emblematic political giants - John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, Abraham Lincoln, Eugene Debs, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, Martin Luther King, Jr and JFK - this book aims to transform our understanding of the dilemmas of democratic leadership.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465087477
• ISBN13: 9780465087471
• Release Date: April 1993
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 23.9" x 16.3" x 3.3"