My Fellow Americans: Presidential Addresses That Shaped History Book

	Foreword
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
1	The Farewell Address: Washington's Declaration of Independence in Foreign Policy	1
2	Jefferson's First Inaugural: The Revolutionary as Reconciler	15
3	The Monroe Doctrine: The Whispered Warning	27
4	The Jackson Bank Veto: The War Against the Eastern Establishment	39
5	Polk's Inaugural: Action as Eloquence	51
6	The Gettysburg Address: The Great American Poem	63
7	The Cleveland Tariff Message: The Battle Against Big Business	81
8	The Big Stick: Monroe Doctrine a la Theodore Roosevelt	93
9	Wilson's Declaration of War: A Latter-Day Paul on Mars Hill	109
10	"The Sesquicentennial Address: The Sermon at the Shrine	125
11	Franklin Roosevelt's First Inaugural: The Rhetoric of Recovery	145
12	Harry Truman's Acceptance Address: The Turnip Day Talk	163
13	Eisenhower's Farewell Address: An Old Soldier's Warning	183
14	The Kennedy Inaugural: A Young Warrior's Call to Arms	207
15	President Nixon's Toast to Chairman Mao: The Beijing Breakthrough	225
16	The Reagan Address at the Palace of Westminster: A Prophecy for a Free World	247
	Bibliography	275
	Index	281