The American Way
Description
It is often observed that American national identity is less a condition than an idea. And, as profiled in this program, no one is better positioned to express that idea than the president himself. What we have come to refer to, as "the vision thing" is an expectation that our presidents will bring to office a particularly strong sense of national mission. The four presidents chronicled is this episode may have understood the special character of America in different ways, but in each case a belief that there was a distinctly American way of doing things guided their decisions. Profiled are Thomas Jefferson, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, and Ronald Reagan.
Runtime
60 min
Series
Subjects
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2011], c2000
Database
Films on Demand
Direct Link
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