William Howard Taft : The Travails of a Progressive Conservative
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1107425131
ISBN-13
9781107425132
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 17th, 2014
Print length
232 Pages
Weight
374 grams
Dimensions
15.60 x 23.30 x 1.70 cms
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This book sheds light on William Howard Taft. There is currently no available biographical study in print, and the book looks at the Taft–Theodore Roosevelt relationship in a new light. Finally, it places Taft in a progressive context, probably the first study to do so.
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.
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