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1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Popular reputations versus political rhetoric -- Years of normalcy and restraint -- Domestic troubles but no foreign entanglements -- Smaller government at home and abroad -- Watergate and a more restrained foreign policy -- Limited government starts to return -- Busting the myths -- Hawkish tendencies -- A good fiscal record counts -- Big government at home and abroad -- Political rhetoric and hypocrisy. |
| Summary |
Presidents who claimed to limit government often actually did the opposite. History often looks unfavorably on presidents who may have actually contributed smart and important policies. Were Harding and Coolidge really as ineffective as their reputations maintain? Did Hoover not do enough to end the Depression? Was Reagan a true champion of small-government conservatism? We all know that the American president is one of the most powerful people in the world. But to understand the presidency today we often have to learn from the past. Author Ivan Eland offers a new perspective in Eleven Presidents on the evolution of the executive office by exploring the policies of eleven key presidents who held office over the last one hundred years: Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush. The book combines an exploration of how political currents shape historical legacies with an in-depth analysis of presidents' actual policies. An important, revealing book about the presidency, legacy, and the formation of history, Eleven Presidents is essential reading for understanding the American presidency. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Presidents -- United States -- History.
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Presidents. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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United States -- Politics and government.
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Politics and government. |
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Federal government -- United States.
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Federal government. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Eland, Ivan. Eleven presidents. Oakland, California : Independent Institute, 2017 9781598132953 (DLC) 2017035237 |
| ISBN |
9781598132960 (electronic book) |
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1598132962 (electronic book) |
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9781598133011 |
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1598133012 |
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9781598133028 |
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1598133020 |
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9781598132953 (paperback) |
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9781598133066 (hardcover) |
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1598132954 |
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