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Stefan Lorant (1901–1997)

Autor/a de Lincoln: A Picture Story of His Life

21 obres 692 Membres 3 Ressenyes

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Lorant, Istvan
Data de naixement
1901-02-22
Data de defunció
1997-11-14
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
USA
Lloc de naixement
Budapest, Hungary
Lloc de defunció
Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Llocs de residència
Vienna, Austria
Berlin, Germany
Lenox, Massachusetts, USA
Professions
filmmaker
photojournalist
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5632. The Glorious Burden The American Presidency, by Stefan Lorant (read 14 Jun 2019) This is a 947 page book, published in 1968. It surveys every presidential election in U. S. history, beginning with Washington's election in 1789 and continuing with every presidential election down through 1964. It is profusely illustrated and details the campaigns of each year, The coverage becomes more extensive as we approach modern times. I am not sure I learned much new, but I greatly enjoyed some of the election years, such as 1948 when every expert said Truman would lose, as did every pollster. and 1964, when Goldwater was so decisively defeated as he deserved to be. There are lots of statistics and an extensive bibliography. I found it great fun to relive every presidential campaign. This is a book any student of American politics can enjoy.… (més)
 
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Schmerguls | Jun 14, 2019 |
Lorant was a Hungarian journalist imprisoned for telling the truth about Hitler's Germany before WW II. It is a sad commentary on the present (2005) state of nations that his story now seems quite mild compared with what goes on not only in contemporary dictatorships but in so-called democracies.
 
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gibbon | Nov 2, 2005 |

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21
Membres
692
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Ressenyes
3
ISBN
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