A Documentary History of the United States: Expanded and Updated Ninth Edition
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ISBN: 0451466470 / Publisher: Berkley, October 2013
A collection of documents, speeches, and letters chronicles the history of the United States, with accompanying texts that analyze the significance of each document.
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Here, in a single volume, are the documents, speeches, and letters that have forged American history.Accompanied by interpretations of their significance by noted historian and broadcaster Richard D. Heffner and online journalist Alexander Heffner, this book includes important documents such as:• The complete text of the Declaration of Independence• The complete Constitution of the United States• The Monroe Doctrine• The Emancipation Proclamation• Woodrow Wilson’s War Message to Congress• Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” Speech• John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address• Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” Speech• Ronald Reagan’s Inaugural Addresses, 1981 and 1985• Documents relating to September 11, 2001This edition has been expanded and updated to include a new chapter on the Bush/Cheney Administration and the First and Second Election and Inauguration of Barack Obama as the Forty-Fourth President of the United States More Than One Million Copies Sold!
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