1. Alger Hiss, Richard Nixon, and the Devolution of Discourse
(Free Content/American History)

... be described as an effective high-level administrator rather than  a policy maker…he was not an influential Svengali, as he has often been portrayed, capable of changing the views of the president or the ...

2. LITTLE BIG MAN - THE LIFE OF JEAN-ROCH COIGNET
(Free Content/European History)

... his skill. One very special animal was reserved for the procureur of the Republic. He decided to present it to the president of the Assembly and so pleased was the procureur that he offered Coignet a job. ...

3. Dolley Payne Todd Madison - American Icon – (1768 - 1849)
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... occasional White House hostess under the Jefferson administration, later as First Lady in her own right, then as presidential widow and Washington society icon spanned some eight decades during a very ...

4. Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address: A Brief Critique
(Free Content/American History)

... a Republican president. In the years leading up to the election of Lincoln, those who supported slavery opposed him, labeling him an abolitionist. It was an incorrect label, but it was one that persisted. ...

5. Defeat Without Surrender: The Public Image of Jefferson Davis and the Reunification of America.
(Free Content/American History)

... or defeated, most Americans were traumatized by the war, and Jefferson Davis (1808–1889) was a convenient target for blame. As its President, Davis was the embodiment of the Confederacy to many people ...