BACK TO OUR ROOTS: THE LIBRARY OF PRESIDENTIAL RHETORIC

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BACK TO OUR ROOTS: THE LIBRARY OF PRESIDENTIAL RHETORIC

Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace. By Ira Chernus. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2002; pp xix + 162. $29.95 cloth; $14.95 paper.

FDR and Fear Itself: The First Inaugural Address. By Davis W. Houck. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2002; pp xii + 166. $29.95 cloth; $14.95 paper.

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