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A vivid portrait of a man whose pre- and post-presidential careers overshadowed his presidency.
Chosen president by the House of Representatives after an inconclusive election against Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams often failed to mesh with the ethos of his era, pushing unsuccessfully for a strong, consolidated national government. Historian Robert V. Remini recounts how in the years before his presidency Adams was a shrewd, influential diplomat,...
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The former senator and presidential candidate offers a provocative new assessment of the first "national security president"
James Monroe is remembered today primarily for two things: for being the last of the "Virginia Dynasty"-following George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison-and for issuing the Monroe Doctrine, his statement of principles in 1823 that the western hemisphere was to be considered closed to European intervention. But...
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To find more information on Rowman & Littlefield titles, please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Stylistic, authoritative, competent and direct, the speeches, the question and answer period, and the comparative analysis of more recent Presidents, from Truman to Reagan, are highly enlightening. Stylistic, authoritative, competent and direct, the speeches, the question and answer period, and the comparative analysis of more recent Presidents,...
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