Download or read book Presidents Under Pressure or how fictional presidents handle situations of extreme crisis in the movies Deep Impact Independence Day and Mars Attacks written by Uwe Sperlich and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2003-06-16 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 1999 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 2,0 (B), LMU Munich (Amerika-Institut), course: Proseminar: The Representation of the American Presidency in Contemporary Hollywood Movies, language: English, abstract: The President of the United States has been a subject of many movies in Hollywood history. From the earliest days of cinema, in films such as The Birth of a Nation (1915), The Fighting Roosevelts (1919) or Young Mr. Lincoln (1939), to the present day, in films such as Nixon (1990) and Dick (1999), many real-life U.S. presidents have been portrayed in the most different ways. In the years before crises like Watergate, Vietnam and the growing media coverage have demystified the presidency, most of these reallife portrayals have shown the President as a wise heroic man, almost like a saint (Edelman 323). In the years after these events, Hollywood lost its respect for the presidency discovering that the man in charge was human and that he also makes mistakes (323). Since Hollywood likes to adapt politics, it is no surprise that politics adapted Hollywood, too. The simple fact that Ronald Reagan was elected president in 1980 was subject for several jokes in one of the most successful movies of 1985, Back To The Future. In this time-travel film, Marty McFly (Michael J.Fox) accidentally travels to the year 1955 where he tries to find the inventor of the time machine, Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd), to help him get back to 1985. After having found him, Doc Brown does not believe Marty’s story. In order to find out, if Marty’s story is true, Doc asks him the following question: Doc Brown: Then tell me, Future Boy, who’s President of the United States in 1985? Marty McFly: Ronald Reagan. Doc Brown: Ronald Reagan? The actor? Ha! Then, who’s Vice President? Jerry Lewis? I suppose Jane Wyman is the First Lady and Jack Bennetty is Secretary of Treasury ! Marty McFly: Doc, you gotta listen to me ! Doc Brown: I got enough practical jokes for one evening. Good night, Future Boy. And later in the film, when Marty shows Doc Brown the recording of his camcorder, Doc Brown is amazed about this technological invention and cries out: “No wonder your president has to be an actor, he’s gotta look good on television.“ [...]
Download or read book Presidential Powers written by Michael Gerhardt and published by Impact Press (PA). This book was released on 1999 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book America in the CrossHairs written by Paul Barber and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2007-07-16 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 288 pages---“America in the CrossHairs” is a bold and timely warning of an America only hours away from destruction. Speculation that Islamic terrorists might sneak nuclear weapons into the United States has given way to reality. The problems begin on Inauguration Day for President Virginia Clausen, as terrorists begin blackmailing America. The world's nuclear powers join with the terrorists, demanding America’s capitulation. When suicide bombers hit Washington, D.C., Americans begin fleeing the cities. President Clausen escapes aboard Air Force One; the Secretary of Defense hurriedly moves his Pentagon Crisis Team to the National Airborne Operations Center. Using teleconferencing, President Clausen and her National Security Council meet throughout the night. However, time is running out and they remain at odds over what to do—Surrender or go to war? “A story more probable than fiction, CrossHairs holds the reader to the very end...and what an ending! Paul Barber reveals just how close and how real the enemies of America are. An intriguing novel saturated with deep insight into those bent on destroying our nation.” ***** W. Langston Kerr, Ph.D., Professor and Dean, College of Education, Stephen F. Austin State University “CrossHairs is a riveting tale of modern American defense. Barber's ‘insider’ understanding of how the nation remains alert will keep you up late turning the pages.” ***** Archie P. McDonald, Ph.D., Professor of History, Stephen F. Austin State University. Author of, Texas: A Compact History; and, Back Then: Simple Pleasures and Everyday Heroes. “CrossHairs, a superb installment in the political apocalypse genre, is sure to strike fear and controversy among 9/11 readers. Barber’s experiences guarantee credibility as he explores the depths of catastrophe possible.” ***** Sue B. Whatley, Ph.D., Professor of English, Stephen F. Austin State University.
Download or read book The 44th Presidency A Book of Fictional History written by Naive Summer and published by Seh Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 44th Presidency chronicles the first two years of President Sam Mitchell's presidency and how he tackled Global Sourcing, Social Security, Healthcare and the sub prime mortgage crisis.
Download or read book Powers of the President During Crises written by John Malcolm Smith and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Presidential Conclusions written by Douglas J. Wood and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-01-17 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A political thriller, this is the third book of the trilogy of the personal and political life of a fictional character, Samantha Harrison. In this book, she is President of the United States and must deal with serious issues of terrorism, the Middle East, and the Ukraine.
Download or read book THE PRESIDENTS PLANE IS MISSING written by ROBERT J SERLING and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Plot Against the President written by Sam Bourne and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 2017-07-04 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If a president is out of control, who will take the ultimate step? The unthinkable has happened. The United States has elected a volatile demagogue as president, backed by his ruthless chief strategist, Crawford McNamara. When a war of words with the North Korean regime spirals out of control and the president comes perilously close to launching a nuclear attack, it’s clear that someone has to act or the world will be reduced to ashes. Soon Maggie Costello, a seasoned Washington operator and an avowed liberal, discovers an inside plot to kill the president and faces the ultimate moral dilemma. Should she save the president and leave the free world at the mercy of an increasingly crazed would-be tyrant or commit treason against her commander in chief and risk plunging the country into a civil war?
Download or read book The President written by Parker Hudson and published by Multnomah. This book was released on 1998-09 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1995, The President reads like today's newspaper. Midway through his term, a secularhumanist President becomes a Christian and has to decide how his new worldview must change his policies. His wife, children, siblings, staff and the entire nation grapple with how his new faith informs his actions. Meanwhile, terrorists are plotting to detonate a nuclear warhead in New York. The many strands of the story all come together in Manhattan as the terrorists use the World Trade Towers to launch their attack, the center of action is a place called Ground Zero and one of the characters yells, "Let's Roll" near the end. The President is a gripping action thriller with a strong Christian message for the individual and the nation.
Download or read book Dear Mr President written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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