Footnotes to History
A Primer on the American Political Character
Published on 1. November 2008
Book
Hardback
186 pages
978-0-86554-904-3 (ISBN)
Description
A reader on American politics for Americans. It points to the stories of a handful of Americans - some famous, some not - to illustrate the defining characteristics of the system of government. It gives the reader some notion of why the American political system, has served its citizens so well for more than 230 years.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Georgia
United States
Illustrations
bibliography
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
386 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-86554-904-3 (9780865549043)
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Persons
Griffin B. Bell has served as attorney general, federal circuit judge, advisor to Presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush, Georgia campaign chair for John F. Kennedy, chief of staff to Georgia's governor (1958-1960), trial lawyer, and managing partner for King and Spalding. John P. Cole is a lawyer with a special interest in history, having served in the Army National Guard and Reserve as an infantry officer and having worked in higher education for more than thirteen years.