An ordinary man: the surprising life and historic presidency of Gerald R. Ford
For many Americans, President Gerald Ford was the genial accident of history who controversially pardoned his Watergate-tarnished predecessor, presided over the fall of Saigon, and became a punching bag on Saturday Night Live. Yet as Richard Norton Smith reveals in a book full of surprises, Ford was...
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| Zusammenfassung: | For many Americans, President Gerald Ford was the genial accident of history who controversially pardoned his Watergate-tarnished predecessor, presided over the fall of Saigon, and became a punching bag on Saturday Night Live. Yet as Richard Norton Smith reveals in a book full of surprises, Ford was an underrated leader whose tough decisions and personal decency look better with the passage of time. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and thousands of documents, Smith recreates Ford's hardscrabble childhood in Michigan, his early anti-establishment politics and lifelong love affair with the former Betty Bloomer, whose impact on American culture he predicted would outrank his own. As president, Ford guided the nation through its worst Constitutional crisis since the Civil War and broke the back of the most severe economic downturn since the Great Depression;accomplishing both with little fanfare or credit (at least until 2001 when the JFK Library gave him its prestigious Profile in Courage Award in belated recognition of the Nixon pardon). Less coda than curtain raiser, Ford's administration bridged the Republican pragmatism of Eisenhower and Nixon and the more doctrinaire conservatism of Ronald Reagan. His introduction of economic deregulation would transform the American economy, while his embrace of the Helsinki Accords hastened the collapse of the Soviet Union. Illustrated with sixteen pages of black-and-white photos, this definitive biography, a decade in the making, will change history's views of a man whose warning about presidential arrogance ("God help the country") is more relevant than ever |
| Beschreibung: | x, 814 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln Illustrationen 25 cm |
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| contents | Introduction: A capacity for surprise -- Prologue: Seven days in June -- Part I: Junior, 1912-1950 Secrets Luck and pluck Yale The view from the bridge Betty Time for a change -- Part II: Everybody's friend, 1950-1972 A modern Republican The middle of the road The congressman's congressman The Warren Commission Holding the line The good soldier -- Part III: The replacement, June 1972-October 1974 Ahead of the curve "The worst job I ever had" "My God, this is going to change our whole life" Change and continuity The pardon Clearing the decks -- Part IV: Riding the tiger, October 1974-December 1976 "Run over by history" A president in the making The cruelest month Starting over The dangerous summer "The cat has nine lives" The road to Kansas City I'm feeling good about America -- Part V: When is this retirement going to start? 1976-2006 Do what you can Lights in a tree -- Epilogue: "God help the country" |
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| spelling | Smith, Richard Norton 1953- Verfasser (DE-588)173258697 aut An ordinary man the surprising life and historic presidency of Gerald R. Ford Richard Norton Smith Surprising life and historic presidency of Gerald R. Ford First Harper paperback edition New York Harper 2024 © 2023 x, 814 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln Illustrationen 25 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Introduction: A capacity for surprise -- Prologue: Seven days in June -- Part I: Junior, 1912-1950 Secrets Luck and pluck Yale The view from the bridge Betty Time for a change -- Part II: Everybody's friend, 1950-1972 A modern Republican The middle of the road The congressman's congressman The Warren Commission Holding the line The good soldier -- Part III: The replacement, June 1972-October 1974 Ahead of the curve "The worst job I ever had" "My God, this is going to change our whole life" Change and continuity The pardon Clearing the decks -- Part IV: Riding the tiger, October 1974-December 1976 "Run over by history" A president in the making The cruelest month Starting over The dangerous summer "The cat has nine lives" The road to Kansas City I'm feeling good about America -- Part V: When is this retirement going to start? 1976-2006 Do what you can Lights in a tree -- Epilogue: "God help the country" For many Americans, President Gerald Ford was the genial accident of history who controversially pardoned his Watergate-tarnished predecessor, presided over the fall of Saigon, and became a punching bag on Saturday Night Live. Yet as Richard Norton Smith reveals in a book full of surprises, Ford was an underrated leader whose tough decisions and personal decency look better with the passage of time. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and thousands of documents, Smith recreates Ford's hardscrabble childhood in Michigan, his early anti-establishment politics and lifelong love affair with the former Betty Bloomer, whose impact on American culture he predicted would outrank his own. As president, Ford guided the nation through its worst Constitutional crisis since the Civil War and broke the back of the most severe economic downturn since the Great Depression;accomplishing both with little fanfare or credit (at least until 2001 when the JFK Library gave him its prestigious Profile in Courage Award in belated recognition of the Nixon pardon). Less coda than curtain raiser, Ford's administration bridged the Republican pragmatism of Eisenhower and Nixon and the more doctrinaire conservatism of Ronald Reagan. His introduction of economic deregulation would transform the American economy, while his embrace of the Helsinki Accords hastened the collapse of the Soviet Union. Illustrated with sixteen pages of black-and-white photos, this definitive biography, a decade in the making, will change history's views of a man whose warning about presidential arrogance ("God help the country") is more relevant than ever Ford, Gerald R. / 1913-2006 Presidents / United States / Biography United States / Politics and government / 1974-1977 États-Unis / Politique et gouvernement / 1974-1977 (DE-588)4006804-3 Biografie gnd-content |
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