Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989

With surprising new sources and a dazzling command of history and human character, Michael Beschloss brings to life nine flawed, complex men and their wives, families, friends and foes. George Washington, John Adams, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan are profiled in intimate, behind-the-scenes views of Presidents coping with the supreme dilemmas of their lives. Book jacket.