TY - BOOK AU - Striner,Richard TI - Lincoln's way: how six great Presidents created American power SN - 1442200650 : HRD AV - JK511 .S77 2010 U1 - 973.09/9 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Lanham, Md. PB - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers KW - Lincoln, Abraham, KW - Presidents KW - United States KW - History KW - Political leadership KW - Federal government KW - Power (Social sciences) KW - Politics and government N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-289) and index; Forgotten paths in American politics -- From the founders to Abraham Lincoln -- From Lincoln to Theodore Roosevelt -- The legacy crosses party lines : from Theodore to Franklin D. Roosevelt -- The legacy as great power statecraft : from Truman to Nixon -- The legacy in ruins : from Carter to George W. Bush -- Horizons N2 - Credits Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and John F. Kennedy with increasing the power of the United States ER -