William Howard Taft : The Travails of a Progressive Conservative

Name: William Howard Taft
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781107425132
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ISBN: 9781107425132

by Jonathan Lurie

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Format 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

Product Classification: History of the Americas 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 Political leaders & leadership Political leaders and leadership History History of the Americas

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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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