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Character
Written by Chris Wallace
September 2004
978-1-59071-038-8 (1-59071038-X)
352 pages, 6 x 9
About this Book
Throughout American history, presidents have faced difficult choices–decisions
that have had grave political and personal consequences. Will leadership
prevail? Or will the office cede power to popular opinion? At these
critical times, many of our presidents have chosen a path of genuine
courage. They stood up for what they believed was right for the country
and displayed tremendous character, which made them leaders of men.
With the indispensable contributions of Richard E. Neustadt– author
of the seminal Presidential Power, former adviser to presidents Truman,
Kennedy, and Johnson, and founder of Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School
of Government–Wallace has chosen nearly twenty notable acts of presidential
courage in our nation’s history, including: George Washington and
the Whiskey Rebellion, Theodore Roosevelt and the Russo-Japanese War,
Harry Truman and the Berlin Airlift, and George W. Bush and the war
in Iraq.
How and why did these men choose the hard way? What experiences from
their civilian lives came to bear on their decisions? What forces
shaped them? Who influenced them? Who didn’t? What gave them their
inner fortitude?
Using this Socratic approach, Wallace brings out the humanity of these
power brokers and lets their personal histories shine through. The
result is a completely involving and tremendously informative look
at the presidents who’ve made defining choices for our nation in times
of national uncertainty.
Just in time for the 2004 election, Character: Profiles in Presidential
Courage is a must read for every citizen who has lost his or her faith
in our executive branch of government–a captivating and informative
narrative of courage and determination in our nation’s presidential
history.
About this Author
Chris Wallace is the host of Fox News Sunday, the Fox broadcasting
network’s Sunday morning public affairs program. He also contributes
to the network’s political and election news coverage. Wallace joined
the network in 2003.
Before joining Fox News, Wallace worked at ABC for fifteen years,
where he served as the senior correspondent for Primetime Thursday
and as a substitute host for Nightline. During his tenure with ABC
News, Wallace hosted multiple groundbreaking investigations and received
numerous awards for his work, which includes the Dupont-Columbia Award-winning
probe of the Associates, Ford Motor Company’s finance department that
allegedly practiced predatory lending.
Prior to joining ABC News, Wallace was with NBC News, where he served
as the chief White House correspondent from 1982 to 1989. While at
NBC, he covered the 1980, 1984, and 1988 presidential campaigns as
well as the Democratic and Republican conventions in those years.
Wallace also anchored Meet the Press from 1987 to 1988 and anchored
the Sunday edition of NBC Nightly News from 1982 to 1984 and 1986
to 1987. He joined NBC as a reporter with WNBC-TV in New York City
in 1975.
Wallace has won every major broadcast news award for his reporting,
including three Emmy Awards, the Dupont-Columbia Silver Baton, and
the Peabody Award.
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