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William Howard Taft

Name: William Howard Taft
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521514217
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The Travails of a Progressive Conservative

Autor: Jonathan Lurie

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Vazba: Pevná

Vydavatel: Cambridge University Press

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In this biographical study of the only American ever to have been both President and Chief Justice o...

Informace o knize

Autor

Jonathan Lurie

Jazyk

Angličtina

Vazba

Kniha - Pevná

Vydáno

2011

Stránek

232

EAN

9780521514217

ISBN

0521514215

Enbook ID

04418672

Vydavatel

Cambridge University Press

Hmotnost

500

Rozměry

156 x 234 x 14

Kompletní popis

In this biographical study of the only American ever to have been both President and Chief Justice of the United States, Jonathan Lurie reassesses William Howard Taft's multiple careers, which culminated in Taft's election to the presidency in 1908 as the chosen successor to Theodore Roosevelt. By 1912, however, the relationship between Taft and Roosevelt had ruptured. Lurie re-examines the Taft–Roosevelt friendship and concludes that it rested on flimsy ground. He also places Taft in a progressive context, taking Taft's own self-description as 'a believer in progressive conservatism' as the starting point. At the end of his biography, Lurie concludes that this label is accurate when applied to Taft.