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Book SynopsisJacobson draws on survey data from the past seven administrations to show that the expansion of the executive branch in the twentieth century that gave presidents a greater role in national government also gave them an enlarged public presence, magnifying their role as the parties’ public voice and face.

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Book SynopsisFocuses on the role of leadership in politics and argues that accomplished leaders demonstrate a particular set of skills. Through case studies of leaders who have performed ably in the developing world - among them Nelson Mandela in South Africa and Kemal Ataturk in Turkey, the author examines how these leaders transformed their countries.Trade Review"Compelling, straightforward, and accessible, Transformative Political Leadership brings the insights of leadership studies to bear on the challenges of nation builders in the developing world. The result is a very thought-provoking addition to the field of development that is sure to stimulate healthy controversy." (William Ascher, Claremont McKenna College)"

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Book SynopsisGandhi, with his loincloth and walking stick, seems an unlikely advocate of postmodernism. But in Postmodern Gandhi, Lloyd and Susanne Rudolph portray him as just that in eight thought-provoking essays that aim to correct the common association of Gandhi with traditionalism. Combining core sections of their influential book Gandhi: The Traditional Roots of Charisma with substantial new material, the Rudolphs reveal here that Gandhi was able to revitalize tradition while simultaneously breaking with some of its entrenched values and practices. Exploring his influence both in India and abroad, they tell the story of how in London the young activist was shaped by the antimodern other West of Ruskin, Tolstoy, and Thoreau and how, a generation later, a mature Gandhi's thought and action challenged modernity's hegemony. Moreover, the Rudolphs argue that Gandhi's critique of modern civilization in his 1909 book Hind Swaraj was an opening salvo of the postmodern era and that his theory and p

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Book SynopsisFrom his memorial in Washington and immortalization on Mount Rushmore, one might assume Abraham Lincoln was a national hero rather than a controversial president. Drawing on an array of material, this is a study of the role Lincoln's reputation and memory has played in American life.

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Book SynopsisDespite popular perceptions, presidents rarely succeed in persuading either the public or members of Congress to change their minds and move from opposition to particular policies to support of them. As a result, the White House is not able to alter the political landscape and create opportunities for change. Instead, successful presidents recognize and skillfully exploit the opportunities already found in their political environments. If they fail to understand their strategic positions, they are likely to overreach and experience political disaster. Donald Trump has been a distinctive president, and his arrival in the Oval Office brought new questions. Could someone with his decades of experience as a self-promoter connect with the public and win its support? Could a president who is an experienced negotiator obtain the support in Congress needed to pass his legislative programs? Would we need to adjust the theory of presidential leadership to accommodate a president with unique Trade Review“Edwards uses a scholar’s tools to dissect Trump’s presidency, asking all the right questions and answering them with careful and thorough analysis. In Edwards’s telling, Trump neither found a way to sway public opinion nor found a way to manage the government. The result is a smart and unsparing portrait of the nation’s forty-fifth president—from his corrosive effect on the public discourse to his impact on democratic institutions.” -- Dan Balz, Washington Post“In this sweeping, dispassionate, and altogether damning survey, Edwards makes the case that Trump failed the most important test of presidential leadership: namely, to deliver policy accomplishments where political conditions allow, and to avoid the trappings and delusions of transformational change. For all of his vaunted skills as a dealmaker, Trump could not find the wherewithal to take advantage of the real opportunities that stood before him. Instead, he crashed headlong into political obstacles that were impervious to his threats and entreaties.” -- William G. Howell, University of Chicago“Edwards deftly applies leading theories of presidential power to the Trump presidency. His discerning analysis rests on a richly detailed and thoroughly documented account of Trump’s political leadership that is both a major contribution to our understanding of this most aberrant of presidencies and an invaluable starting point for future scholars.” -- Gary C. Jacobson, University of California, San Diego“This timely and important book applies insights gleaned from Edwards’s more than forty years of presidential scholarship to assess and understand the iconoclastic Trump presidency. Despite his showman’s bravado, Edwards shows that Trump was no more successful than his predecessors in moving public opinion and Congress, and he offers a trenchant assessment of Trump’s failed leadership, which ultimately cost the nation dearly.” -- Douglas L. Kriner, Cornell University“Edwards offers a sober, evidence-based assessment of the Trump presidency. In the process, he convincingly demonstrates that even a norm-shattering president was subject to the same fundamental political and strategic constraints as his predecessors.” -- Frances Lee, Princeton University“Edwards brings a lifetime of insight and learning to bear on the ‘great disruption.’ Trump defied the rules and shocked the system. Now, as the dust settles, Edwards eyes the context, filters the noise, and scrutinizes the results. For an assessment of the political significance of this most unusual presidency, there is no better place to begin.” -- Stephen Skowronek, Yale University"George Edwards, a dean of presidential studies, offers an early postmortem on the Trump presidency. His latest book is a must read starting point for understanding the Trump era and how his unique administration fits within the presidency and the established presidential scholarship." -- Paul Brace * Congress & The Presidency *Table of ContentsPreface Chapter 1. Trump as a TestPart 1. The Promoter? Leading the Public Chapter 2. Strategic Position with the Public Chapter 3. Going Public Chapter 4. On Deaf Ears Chapter 5. The Bully in the PulpitPart 2. The Closer? Leading Congress Chapter 6. Strategic Position with Congress Chapter 7. No Deal: Negotiating with Congress Chapter 8. At the MarginsPart 3. Trump as a Leader Chapter 9. Plus ça Change Notes Index

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Book SynopsisA fresh account of the US presidential rhetoric embodied in Cold War international travel. Crowds swarm when US presidents travel abroad, though many never hear their voices. The presidential body, moving from one secured location to another, communicates as much or more to these audiences than the texts of their speeches. In The World is Our Stage, Allison M. Prasch considers how presidential appearances overseas broadcast American superiority during the Cold War. Drawing on extensive archival research, Prasch examines five foundational moments in the development of what she calls the global rhetorical presidency: Truman at Potsdam, Eisenhower's Goodwill Tours, Kennedy in West Berlin, Nixon in the People's Republic of China, and Reagan in Normandy. In each case, Prasch reveals how the president's physical presence defined the boundaries of the Free World and elevated the United States as the central actor in Cold War geopolitics.Trade Review"A first-rate piece of scholarship . . . impressively researched and rich in detail and some of the nuggets that Prasch has unearthed are fascinating. She masterfully weaves the political and historical context that presidents dealt with into a compelling narrative that enriches our understanding of an important time in American and world history that continues to affect us today." * Congress and the Presidency *“A must-read book for scholars and students of political communication, the presidency, and international relations, Prasch’s The World Is Our Stage adds ‘going global’ to the critical lexicon and provocatively refashions our understanding of how the global rhetorical presidency shaped the Cold War and post–Cold War world.” -- Kathleen Hall Jamieson, author of 'Cyberwar: How Russian Hackers and Trolls Helped Elect a President; What We Don't, Can’t, and Do Know'“The World Is Our Stage is an engaging and insightful analysis of how presidents exploited emergent media and transportation technologies to create and sustain an audience for the image of the US as the ‘leader of the free world’ during the Cold War. Focusing on this moment of national unity in foreign policy, this book will be of interest to general readers and scholars with interests in the US presidency, foreign relations, the Cold War, and the rhetorical construction of politics.” -- Mary E. Stuckey, author of 'Deplorable: The Worst Presidential Elections from Jefferson to Trump'Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction 1 The Global Rhetorical Presidency 2 Truman at Potsdam 3 Eisenhower and the “Good Will” Tours 4 Kennedy in West Berlin 5 Nixon and the “Opening to China” 6 Reagan at Normandy Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis is the first systematic and comprehensive analysis of Clinton as a native-son presidential candidate employing local, country, state, and national data to show how elections can be derived from values and beliefs.Trade ReviewSophisticated and impressive. Journal of American StudiesTable of ContentsForeward Preface Introduction Prologue 1. Elections 1. Epistemology and the Native-Son Candidate 2. Theory 3. Methodology 2. The Political Context of a Native-Son Candidate 4. The Arkansas Electorate 5. The African American Electorate 3. The Making of a Native-Son Candidate 6. The Congressional Vote for Clinton 7. The Attorney General Vote for Clinton 8. The Gubernatorial Vote for Clinton 4. The Native-Son Presidential Candidate 9. The Presidential Vote for Clinton 10. The Regional Vote: Clinton and Carter 5. The Native-Son Candidate and Democratic Elections 11. The Democratic Party in Presidential Elections: The Native-Son Theory Revisited Endnotes Appendix: The Election Data-A Research Note

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis interesting book balances presidential professions of faith with acknowledgment of private sins and the objections of nonbelievers to explicit religious demonstrations in public life. -- Rich Barlow Boston Globe Among its strengths is the inclusion of a considerable amount of newsworthy material for the thirteen presidents whose religious views are examined. -- Al Menendez Voice of Reason Immediately, one can imagine the value of this book in attempts to teach undergraduates something about religion and politics in American history. Kansas HistoryTable of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. Religion and the Presidency of George Washington, by Daniel L. Dreisbach and Jeffry H. Morrison Religious Writings of George Washington 2. Religion and the Presidency of Thomas Jefferson, by Thomas E. Buckley Religious Writings of Thomas Jefferson 3. Religion and the Presidency of James Madison, by Garrett Ward Sheldon Religious Writings of James Madison 4. Religion and the Presidency of Abraham Lincoln, by Andrew R. Murphy Religious Writings of Abraham Lincoln 5. Religion and the Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, by Gary Scott Smith Religious Writings of Franklin Delano Roosevelt 6. Religion and the Presidency of Harry S. Truman, by Elizabeth Edwards Spalding Religious Writings of Harry S. Truman 7. Religion and the Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower, by Jerry Bergman Religious Writings of Dwight D. Eisenhower 8. Religion and the Presidency of John F. Kennedy, by Thomas J. Carty Religious Writings of John F. Kennedy 9. Religion and the Presidency of Jimmy Carter, by Kenneth E. Morris Religious Writings of Jimmy Carter 10. Religion and the Presidency of Ronald Reagan, by Paul Kengor Religious Writings of Ronald Reagan 11. Religion and the Presidency of George H. W. Bush, by Kjell O. Lejon Religious Writings of George H. W. Bush 12. Religion and the Presidency of William Jefferson Clinton, by Gaston Espinosa Religious Writings of William Jefferson Clinton 13. Religion and the Presidency of George W. Bush, by David Aikman Religious Writings of George W. Bush Conclusion List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisJeffrey E. Cohen demonstrates that existing research has underestimated the president’s power to sway Congress. The President on Capitol Hill offers a compelling perspective on presidential-congressional relations and develops a new theory of presidential influence.Trade ReviewCohen offers one of the most clearly articulated theories of presidential influence that is distinct from presidential success. His book is the first attempt at conceptually relating many presidential lobbying strategies into one unified framework. This is the most thorough treatment of these issues and will surely be a contribution to the literature in its own right. -- Sharece Thrower, Vanderbilt UniversityFew scholars of the American presidency have written as widely or as prodigiously as Jeffrey Cohen. In this, his latest, Cohen turns his attention to the effects of presidential lobbying and position taking on Congress and the public. Whereas many scholars see a presidency consigned to, and even subjugated by, a larger political environment, Cohen finds evidence of influence. Success doesn’t just depend upon the hands that presidents are dealt. It depends on how presidents play them. -- William Howell, University of ChicagoInstead of obsessing over presidential winners and losers, Jeffrey E. Cohen focuses our attention on the president’s role in the production of public policy and in the larger political system. He deftly theorizes the bargaining strategies presidents use and presents new evidence about how and to what effect presidents employ the levers of presidential influence. Well-written and clear-eyed, The President on Capitol Hill brings fresh and well-deserved attention to the president’s institutional advantages in a system of separated powers. -- Jon C. Rogowski, Harvard UniversityCohen has written another important book that will change how scholars think of the relationship between Congress and the president. Theoretically innovative and empirically rich, this book brings us new insights into the eternal black box of presidential influence. -- Andrew Reeves, Washington University in St. LouisRigorous and persuasive. * Choice *A must-read for students of the American presidency. * Political Science Quarterly *Required reading for scholars studying presidential-congressional relations. The book will prove useful in graduate seminars on the presidency and/or Congress. It may also be useful in an advanced undergraduate presidency course. * Congress and the Presidency *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments1. On Presidential Influence in Congress2. A Theory of Presidential Influence in Congress3. Estimating Presidential Influence in Congress4. Presidential Influence in the House in the Modern Era5. Political Parties as a Source of Presidential Influence6. The Two Presidencies and Presidential Influence7. Public Opinion as a Source of Presidential Influence8. Presidential Lobbying Effort and Influence9. Modernity and Presidential Influence in Congress10. Comparing the Influence of Premodern and Modern Presidents11. Conclusions: Presidential Influence in CongressNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisRory McVeigh and Kevin Estep trace the parallels between the 1920s Klan and today’s right-wing backlash, identifying the conditions that allow white nationalism to emerge from the shadows. Their sociological analysis of the Klan’s outbreaks sheds light on how Trump's rise to power was made possible by a convergence of circumstances.Trade ReviewErudite and surprisingly evenhanded. . . . A substantial contribution to understanding an increasingly polarized country. * Publishers Weekly *A welcome addition to the literature on white supremacy. * Kirkus Reviews *Through a clear and dispassionate comparison of the ascendance of the Klan in the 1920s and Trump in 2016, McVeigh and Estep trace the roots of white nationalism in American politics. They show how opportunistic leaders combined race, economics, culture, and religion to mobilize white resentment. The Politics of Losing is the best book to account for the rise of Trumpism that I have read. -- Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Duke UniversityIn documenting the remarkable parallels between the rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s, and the rise of Trumpian politics today, McVeigh and Estep demonstrate how white nationalism periodically links with economic grievances to shape electoral outcomes. Elegantly written, exquisitely researched, and powerfully argued, The Politics of Losing is essential reading for those who wish to understand the historical origins of our current, racially charged political climate—and how to change it. -- Jocelyn Viterna, Harvard UniversityThe Politics of Losing not only provides an incredibly rich diagnosis for the current troubles within American democracy but also offers a much-needed and well-reasoned exit. -- Christian Davenport, University of MichiganThe tactics of cultural resentment that brought Donald Trump to the White House are not new. As McVeigh and Estep show, eerily similar strategies propelled the explosive rise of the racist, anti-immigrant, and anti-Catholic Ku Klux Klan a century earlier. A brilliant, must-read book on the dangerous appeal of white nationalism in American politics. -- Kathleen Blee, University of PittsburghMcVeigh and Estep’s book makes an important contribution to our understanding of white nationalism, its endurance in American politics, and the conditions that brought it back into the mainstream with the election of Donald Trump. Using the 1920s Klan as a reference point, the authors show how declines in the standing of whites (political, economic, and status-based) have often produced sizable populations open to racist appeals, spawning political movements and fracturing enduring electoral coalitions. -- Marc Dixon, Dartmouth CollegeEngaging and approachable . . . This book would make a useful and timely addition to undergraduate and graduate courses on social movements, political sociology, race, or comparative and historical methods. * Mobilization *A fascinating read, combining deep knowledge of the history of the Klan with a careful postmortem of primary votes for Trump. Its analysis is evenhanded and sophisticated. * Contemporary Sociology *In addition to its topical appeal, The Politics of Losing is eminently readable. The authors explain social science tools and concepts (e.g., regression analysis, social movement theory) and significant history (e.g., the Black Codes, Republican Party issue shifts) in a way that is especially useful in the undergraduate classroom. * Perspectives On Politics *Something different, more ambitious and more valuable. The Politics of Losing is...a case study of what happens when a once marginal movement takes over a mainstream political party. * Survival *Table of Contents1. Introduction2. The Ku Klux Klan in American History3. Power and Political Alignments4. Economics and White Nationalism5. Where Trump Found His Base6. Politics and White Nationalism7. Status and White Nationalism8. White Nationalism Versus the Press9. The Future of White Nationalism and American PoliticsConclusion: Making America White AgainAppendix: Methods of Statistical AnalysisAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisRory McVeigh and Kevin Estep trace the parallels between the 192s Klan and today’s right-wing backlash, identifying the conditions that allow white nationalism to emerge from the shadows. Their sociological analysis of the Klan’s outbreaks sheds light on how Trump’s rise to power was made possible by a convergence of circumstances.Trade ReviewErudite and surprisingly evenhanded. . . . A substantial contribution to understanding an increasingly polarized country. * Publishers Weekly *A welcome addition to the literature on white supremacy. * Kirkus Reviews *Through a clear and dispassionate comparison of the ascendance of the Klan in the 1920s and Trump in 2016, McVeigh and Estep trace the roots of white nationalism in American politics. They show how opportunistic leaders combined race, economics, culture, and religion to mobilize white resentment. The Politics of Losing is the best book to account for the rise of Trumpism that I have read. -- Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Duke UniversityIn documenting the remarkable parallels between the rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s, and the rise of Trumpian politics today, McVeigh and Estep demonstrate how white nationalism periodically links with economic grievances to shape electoral outcomes. Elegantly written, exquisitely researched, and powerfully argued, The Politics of Losing is essential reading for those who wish to understand the historical origins of our current, racially charged political climate—and how to change it. -- Jocelyn Viterna, Harvard UniversityThe Politics of Losing not only provides an incredibly rich diagnosis for the current troubles within American democracy but also offers a much-needed and well-reasoned exit. -- Christian Davenport, University of MichiganThe tactics of cultural resentment that brought Donald Trump to the White House are not new. As McVeigh and Estep show, eerily similar strategies propelled the explosive rise of the racist, anti-immigrant, and anti-Catholic Ku Klux Klan a century earlier. A brilliant, must-read book on the dangerous appeal of white nationalism in American politics. -- Kathleen Blee, University of PittsburghMcVeigh and Estep’s book makes an important contribution to our understanding of white nationalism, its endurance in American politics, and the conditions that brought it back into the mainstream with the election of Donald Trump. Using the 1920s Klan as a reference point, the authors show how declines in the standing of whites (political, economic, and status-based) have often produced sizable populations open to racist appeals, spawning political movements and fracturing enduring electoral coalitions. -- Marc Dixon, Dartmouth CollegeEngaging and approachable . . . This book would make a useful and timely addition to undergraduate and graduate courses on social movements, political sociology, race, or comparative and historical methods. * Mobilization *A fascinating read, combining deep knowledge of the history of the Klan with a careful postmortem of primary votes for Trump. Its analysis is evenhanded and sophisticated. * Contemporary Sociology *In addition to its topical appeal, The Politics of Losing is eminently readable. The authors explain social science tools and concepts (e.g., regression analysis, social movement theory) and significant history (e.g., the Black Codes, Republican Party issue shifts) in a way that is especially useful in the undergraduate classroom. * Perspectives On Politics *Something different, more ambitious and more valuable. The Politics of Losing is...a case study of what happens when a once marginal movement takes over a mainstream political party. * Survival *Table of Contents1. Introduction2. The Ku Klux Klan in American History3. Power and Political Alignments4. Economics and White Nationalism5. Where Trump Found His Base6. Politics and White Nationalism7. Status and White Nationalism8. White Nationalism Versus the Press9. The Future of White Nationalism and American PoliticsConclusion: Making America White AgainAppendix: Methods of Statistical AnalysisAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisDrawing on his own experience, rich archival material, and a keen sense of history and politics, Mikhail Gorbachev speaks his mind on a range of subjects concerning Russia's past, present, and future place in the world. Here is Gorbachev on the October Revolution, the Cold War, and key figures such as Lenin, Stalin, and Yeltsin.Trade ReviewImportant. * Pennsylvania Literary Journal *Table of ContentsForeword to the Twentieth Anniversary Edition, by William TaubmanPart I: The October Revolution: Its Sense and Significance1. A Blunder of History, Accident, or Necessity?2. Was Socialism Built in the Soviet Union?3. Let’s Not Oversimplify! A Balance Sheet of the Soviet Years4. October and the World5. One More Balance Sheet: Something Worth Thinking About6. October and Perestroika7. Does Socialism Have a Future?8. Summing UpPart II: The Union Could Have Been Preserved9. A Tragic Turn of Events10. Tbilisi . . . Baku . . . Vilnius11. Toward a New Union Treaty12. Referendum on the Union13. The Coup: A Stab in the Back—and the Intrigues of Yeltsin14. The Belovezh Accord: Dissolution of the USSR15. What Lies Ahead?Part III: The New Thinking: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow16. The Sources of the New Thinking17. The Very First Steps18. The Conception (1985–1991)19. Overcoming the Cold War20. The Transitional World Order21. The New Thinking in the Post-Confrontational World22. The Challenge of Globalization23. The Challenge of Diversity24. The Challenge of Global Problems25. The Challenge of Power Politics26. The Challenge of Democracy27. The Challenge of Universal Human Values28. The Beginning of History?Index

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Book SynopsisDrawing on his own experience, rich archival material, and a keen sense of history and politics, Mikhail Gorbachev speaks his mind on a range of subjects concerning Russia's past, present, and future place in the world. Here is Gorbachev on the October Revolution, the Cold War, and key figures such as Lenin, Stalin, and Yeltsin.Trade ReviewImportant. * Pennsylvania Literary Journal *Table of ContentsForeword to the Twentieth Anniversary Edition, by William TaubmanPart I: The October Revolution: Its Sense and Significance1. A Blunder of History, Accident, or Necessity?2. Was Socialism Built in the Soviet Union?3. Let’s Not Oversimplify! A Balance Sheet of the Soviet Years4. October and the World5. One More Balance Sheet: Something Worth Thinking About6. October and Perestroika7. Does Socialism Have a Future?8. Summing UpPart II: The Union Could Have Been Preserved9. A Tragic Turn of Events10. Tbilisi . . . Baku . . . Vilnius11. Toward a New Union Treaty12. Referendum on the Union13. The Coup: A Stab in the Back—and the Intrigues of Yeltsin14. The Belovezh Accord: Dissolution of the USSR15. What Lies Ahead?Part III: The New Thinking: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow16. The Sources of the New Thinking17. The Very First Steps18. The Conception (1985–1991)19. Overcoming the Cold War20. The Transitional World Order21. The New Thinking in the Post-Confrontational World22. The Challenge of Globalization23. The Challenge of Diversity24. The Challenge of Global Problems25. The Challenge of Power Politics26. The Challenge of Democracy27. The Challenge of Universal Human Values28. The Beginning of History?Index

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Book SynopsisThis book is the first comprehensive study of how presidential mass pardons have helped put domestic insurrections to rest. Graham G. Dodds examines when and why presidents have issued mass pardons and amnesties to deal with domestic rebellion and attempt to reunite the country.Trade ReviewMass Pardons in America is a well-researched and important book that sheds new historical light on the politics of the presidential pardon. -- Julia Azari, author of Delivering the People’s Message: The Changing Politics of the Presidential MandateDodds illuminates key features of several important amnesties, from the early years of America through the tumultuous 1970s. This excellent book is clearly written, fast-paced, and engaging. Mass Pardons in America is essential reading for anyone interested in the presidency, clemency, and rhetoric. -- Jeffrey Crouch, author of The Presidential Pardon PowerGraham Dodds has done us a great service. In this bitter and divided age, he brings us back to another time, when presidents exercised the awesome constitutional power of mass pardons to achieve peace and unite the country. Forgiveness is much admired but little practiced, and we can only hope that future presidents hear what Dodds has to say. -- Joseph Margulies, author of Thanks for Everything (Now Get Out): Can We Restore Neighborhoods Without Destroying Them?Dodds’ argument about presidential mass pardons, domestic rebellion, and national reconciliation is powerfully provocative. Readers might debate about whether it is better for the nation to remember or forget its past injuries, but all should wrestle with this book’s insights about the presidency and national community, now more than ever. -- Nicole Mellow, author of The State of Disunion: Regional Sources of Modern American PartisanshipTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Mass Pardons in History, Law, and Politics2. Pennsylvania Insurrections in the Late Eighteenth Century: George Washington and John Adams3. Mormon Resistance in the Nineteenth Century: James Buchanan, Benjamin Harrison, and Grover Cleveland4. The Civil War: Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson5. Vietnam War Resisters: Gerald Ford and Jimmy CarterConclusionEpilogueAppendix: Other Mass Pardons and Amnesties in the United StatesNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book is the first comprehensive study of how presidential mass pardons have helped put domestic insurrections to rest. Graham G. Dodds examines when and why presidents have issued mass pardons and amnesties to deal with domestic rebellion and attempt to reunite the country.Trade ReviewMass Pardons in America is a well-researched and important book that sheds new historical light on the politics of the presidential pardon. -- Julia Azari, author of Delivering the People’s Message: The Changing Politics of the Presidential MandateDodds illuminates key features of several important amnesties, from the early years of America through the tumultuous 1970s. This excellent book is clearly written, fast-paced, and engaging. Mass Pardons in America is essential reading for anyone interested in the presidency, clemency, and rhetoric. -- Jeffrey Crouch, author of The Presidential Pardon PowerGraham Dodds has done us a great service. In this bitter and divided age, he brings us back to another time, when presidents exercised the awesome constitutional power of mass pardons to achieve peace and unite the country. Forgiveness is much admired but little practiced, and we can only hope that future presidents hear what Dodds has to say. -- Joseph Margulies, author of Thanks for Everything (Now Get Out): Can We Restore Neighborhoods Without Destroying Them?Dodds’ argument about presidential mass pardons, domestic rebellion, and national reconciliation is powerfully provocative. Readers might debate about whether it is better for the nation to remember or forget its past injuries, but all should wrestle with this book’s insights about the presidency and national community, now more than ever. -- Nicole Mellow, author of The State of Disunion: Regional Sources of Modern American PartisanshipTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Mass Pardons in History, Law, and Politics2. Pennsylvania Insurrections in the Late Eighteenth Century: George Washington and John Adams3. Mormon Resistance in the Nineteenth Century: James Buchanan, Benjamin Harrison, and Grover Cleveland4. The Civil War: Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson5. Vietnam War Resisters: Gerald Ford and Jimmy CarterConclusionEpilogueAppendix: Other Mass Pardons and Amnesties in the United StatesNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisWinner of the Abraham Lincoln Institute Book Award More than 600 letters and interviews providing information about Abraham Lincoln's prepolitical and prelegal careers are included in this volume, a priceless collection never before available in one place. Women to whom Lincoln proposed marriage, political allies and adversaries, judges and fellow attorneys, longtime comrades, erstwhile friends--all speak out here in words first gathered by William H. Herndon, Lincoln's law partner, between 1865 and 1890. Historian David Herbert Donald has called Herndon's materials the basic source for Abraham Lincoln's early years.Some of those Herndon questioned were illiterate; others could read but barely write. Completion of this undertaking took the editors to three major collections for the mammoth task of transcribing documents that often were nearly illegible. Invaluable to Lincoln scholars and intriguing to anyone curious about Lincoln and his times, the book includes an introduction, schoTrade ReviewWinner of the Abraham Lincoln Institute Book Award given by the Abraham Lincoln Institute of the Mid-Atlantic. "[Wilson and Davis] have done a service of inestimable value to historians by the complete, accurately transcribed, indexed, and annotated edition of the written accounts of Herndon's interviews with 264 people. . . . It is a monumental achievement of scholarship. That is true not simply because of the editorial skill and effort required to complete it, but mainly because this material is the basis for most of what we know about the first half of Lincoln's life." --James M. McPherson, New York Review of BooksTable of ContentsPreface vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction xiii Editorial Note xxv Short Citations and Abbreviations xxix Herndon’s Informants: The Texts 1. Letters, Interviews, and Statements Collected by William H. Herndon and Jesse W. Weik, 1865–92 3 2. Informant Testimony Reported in Herndon’s Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life (1889) 707 3. Informant Testimony Reported in William H. Herndon’s Letters to Jesse W. Weik 713 4. Informant Testimony Reported in Jesse W. Weik’s The Real Lincoln (1922) 725 Register of Informants 737 Appendix: Brief Outline of the Joseph Hanks Family, by Paul H. Verduin 779 Index 785

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Book SynopsisThe definitive study of the "Hungarian man of mystery", shadowy spymaster J. PetersTrade Review"Sakmyster has skillfully constructed the first (and only) full-scale biography of the hitherto mysterious high-level American Communist Party functionary most well known by one of his many pseudonyms, 'J. Peters.' Highly Recommended."--Choice "This exhaustively researched book offers an important appraisal of a communist official and spy who has long been shrouded in obscurity. It is indeed a significant addition to the history of American communism and Soviet espionage."--Katherine A. S. Sibley, author of Red Spies in America: Stolen Secrets and the Dawn of the Cold War"Highly recommended to anyone who wants to gain insights into the less sensationalized but nevertheless, relentless conspiracy of the CPUSA in attempting undermine the American system of democracy."--Journal of the American Hungarian Educators Association"A lively and well-written book, and the best life story yet published in English of a particular Communist type: the professional revolutionary who lived virtually his entire life in the shadowy netherworld where legality shaded into illegality and loyalty to Moscow and the world revolution trumped national identity."--Harvey Klehr, The Weekly Standard"A welcome addition to the ongoing discussion of the nature and experience of American communism."--The Journal of American History"There has long been a need for a biography of J. Peters. Thomas Sakmyster has mined all requisite American and Hungarian/Russian Federation archives, creating a thoroughly researched and extremely well written portrait that puts not just a face but an entire wardrobe on the mysterious J. Peters."--R. Bruce Craig, author of Treasonable Doubt: The Harry Dexter White Spy CaseTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Abbreviations ix Introduction xiii 1. Sandor Goldberger: From Hungary to the New World 1 2. The Making of J. Peters, 1931-32 25 3. J. Peters in the 1930s: The Organization Man 39 4. J. Peters and the Secret Apparatus 56 5. Whittaker Chambers and the "Washington Set-up" 74 6. J. Peters's Espionage Ring, 1934-38 91 7. From Peters to Stevens: Life in the Underground 111 8. Dueling with "the Feds," 1943-48 130 9. Trial and Deportation 149 Epilogue and Assessment 169 Notes 193 Bibliography 235 Index 245Illustrations appear after page 90

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewSpecial Achievement Award, Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize, 2017 "Acclaimed Lincoln scholars Wilson and Davis have combed the large correspondence of Lincoln's law partner Herndon to discover every reference to Lincoln as a man, a public figure, and an almost mythological hero, and have selected for this book those letters that have substantive value as "information, anecdote, opinion, or speculation" about the president."--Library Journal"William Henry Herndon's biography of his one-time law partner, Abraham Lincoln, has long been the gold standard for Lincoln biographies. But Herndon's voluminous correspondence with friends, publishers, and the merely curious are almost as rich in substance as Herndon's biography. Wilson and Davis have now given us a thorough collection of Herndon's letters, thoroughly identified and noted, which will stand as major contribution to any study of the life of Abraham Lincoln."--Allen C. Guelzo, author of Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President"Significantly contribute[s] to Lincoln scholarship."--Journal of Southern History"This compilation of letters, many of which are published for the first time and are gathered from repositories from across the nation, adds significantly to our understanding of both Lincoln and the man who was his law partner for nearly two decades. Herndon defenders as well as critics will find great value in this comprehensive and carefully annotated volume."--Edna Greene Medford, co-author of The Emancipation Proclamation: Three Views"A major scholarly achievement that will be of great value to Lincoln biographers and scholars."--James M. McPherson, author of War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865"This an excellent work and an essential one for anyone interested in Lincoln and the man who strove to tell his story as he believed it should be told."--Civil War News"A treasure trove for Lincoln scholars. . . . Herndon's voluminous and detailed letters, identified and annotated expertly by Wilson and Davis, confirm the late Lincoln scholar David Donald's observation that 'To understand Herndon's own rather peculiar approach to Lincoln biography, one must go back to his letters.' Essential."--Choice"An eye-opening look at many facets of Lincoln: his parents (the father illiterate, the mother from what Herndon calls 'a lecherous family'); his pastimes (he loved playing chess and handball); his lax parenting style (he was 'a tool or a slave' to his young boys, letting them run wild in the law office); and his predictions (he foresaw his assassination, saying more than once, 'Billy, I feel as if I shall meet with some terrible end')."--Wall Street Journal "This invaluable collection of Herndon's letters about Lincoln ably supplements Herndon's Informants, the editors' magnificent compilation of reminiscences gathered by Herndon from scores of people who knew Lincoln. Douglas L. Wilson and Rodney O. Davis, along with the University of Illinois Press, deserve the undying gratitude of everyone who cares about Lincoln in particular and American history in general."--Michael Burlingame, author of Abraham Lincoln: A Life

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A bracing and insightful read." --Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune"Michael Dorf and George Van Dusen weave together the fascinating life of my friend, Sid Yates, an insight into the cutthroat Chicago party politics of Sid's career and the best analysis of the bare knuckles, behind-the-scene battle Sid waged to save the National Endowment for the Arts ever written. When you read this book you will learn of a day when one of Illinois' most principled and skillful public servants made history in the halls of Congress. Near the end of his life Sid joked with me about old age. He said: 'First the knees go. Then the nouns go. Then you go.' Sid is gone but for those who read this exceptional book he will not be forgotten." --Senator Dick Durbin"With an electorate so polarized today, the life and political career of Sidney R. Yates reminds us of a time when being a congressman meant being willing to reach across the aisle and work toward bipartisan solutions." --Chicago Jewish News"Clear It with Sid! offers a close look at one of America’s national political titans. It is an indispensable resource for understanding post-World War II America because it reveals the nitty-gritty of how national politics was done over five decades. It also sheds new light on dozens of matters that engaged Congressman Yates, such as justice for resettled Japanese Americans and the controversy over Admiral Hyman Rickover, to name but two."--Gary Johnson, President, Chicago History Museum"Dorf and Van Dusen make a convincing case for Yates’s national importance." --Journal of American History"Clear It with Sid!, above all else, could either be seen as a eulogy to a politician who believed governance could be pragmatic and bipartisan, a memorial to a time when such behavior was the rule and not the exception, or both." --Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society"Mike Dorf and George Van Dusen have captured the voice of the Sid Yates I knew. This book illustrates the true inside workings of lawmaking in America and the rich flavor of interplay among the Congressional leaders, staffs, and advocates who argue and collaborate and ultimately create our laws. The chapter on 'Three Years of the Culture Wars' was for me both riveting and frightening. It was riveting because I myself lived and worked through every moment of those battles all excellently depicted here. And it is frightening to recall how close we all came to seeing America robbed of a federal cultural investment. Clear it with Sid! is loaded with treasures of insight, such as how a strong colleague partnership with a staff leader like Congressman Yates’s Chief of Staff, the great Mary Bain, can make a huge difference; or how sharp statesmanship along with passion combined to preserve our national cultural agencies; and most importantly how one person can indeed make a difference."--Robert Lynch, President and CEO, Americans for the Arts"Sid Yates and I represented neighboring Congressional districts during nineteen of his forty-eight years in the House of Representatives. Clear It With Sid! captures the Sid Yates I knew, and provides facts and insights that I never expected. We were on opposite sides of the aisle and Dorf and Van Dusen demonstrate how Sid's civility, bipartisanship, and legislative acumen enabled him to work with Republicans, pass legislation, and get things done. In particular, the authors' description of the politics of the Appropriations Committee, on which we both served, is a must read for anyone interested in the way Congress really works."--John Porter, former U.S. Congressman for Illinois's 10th DistrictTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ixPrologue 1Part I. The Crusader, 1949–621 The Road to Capitol Hill 52 The Class of ’49 153 “Here Comes This Nice, Good-Looking Guy” 414 “The Judgment of Admirals” 55Part II. Defeat and Comeback, 1962–745 Yates for Senate 876 To the United Nations and Back 1097 “This Precious Resource” 115Part III. The Chairman, 1975–988 America’s Committee 1339 Three Years of the Culture Wars 14310 “The Last Sanhedrin Met in 70 ce” 18311 The Final Years 215Epilogue 219Notes 227References 251Index 259Photographs follow page 69

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Book SynopsisDefining the Chief Executive via flash powder and selfie sticks Lincoln's somber portraits. Lyndon Johnson's swearing in. George W. Bush's reaction to learning about the 9/11 attacks. Photography plays an indelible role in how we remember and define American presidents. Throughout history, presidents have actively participated in all aspects of photography, not only by sitting for photos but by taking and consuming them. Cara A. Finnegan ventures from a newly-discovered daguerreotype of John Quincy Adams to Barack Obama's selfies to tell the stories of how presidents have participated in the medium's transformative moments. As she shows, technological developments not only changed photography, but introduced new visual values that influence how we judge an image. At the same time, presidential photographsas representations of leaders who symbolized the nationsparked public debate on these values and their implications. An original journey through political history, Photographic PresideTrade Review"Entertaining yet informative. . . Photographic Presidents is an excellent book that brings context and depth to certain decision points within history and how photography shaped them. It takes on a concept often overlooked by scholars as simply there, and moves it front and center into the discussion." --Congress & the Presidency "Well-written and engaging . . . What will be the next step in how presidents become photographic? Finnegan cannot—and does not try to—answer that question, but the fact that the question resonates in my head after putting down her book is a testament to how thought-provoking Photographic Presidents is." --Journal of American History "Very interesting and informative . . . Finnegan has covered a lot of ground in this well-illustrated book. She traces the development of the photographic medium and techniques with the history of visual communications and the image of the presidents, and has done it extremely well." --Journal of American CultureTable of ContentsCoverTitleCopyrightContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I. The Daguerreotype Presidents1. Photographing George Washington2. Early Daguerreotypes in the U.S. and the Nation’s Capital3. John Quincy Adams and National PortraiturePart II. The Snapshot President4. Handheld Photography and the Halftone Revolution5. William McKinley’s Last PhotographsPart III. The Candid Camera Presidents6. Visual News in the Early Twentieth Century7. Herbert Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt, and the Candid CameraPart IV. The Social Media President8. Changing Visual Media from the Mid-Twentieth Century to the Digital Age9. Barack Obama and FlickrConclusion: The Portrait Makes Our PresidentNotesSelected BibliographyIndexBack cover

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewHonorable Mention, Traditional Nonfiction, Chicago Writers Association Book of the Year, 2022 "Long’s account of Madigan’s legacy is a study of the practical application of power." -- Garin Cycholl, Chicago Review of Books"An amazingly timely book that puts into perspective the historic events of last week — the federal indictment of the most powerful figure in Illinois politics. " --Shia Kapos, Politico“It’s safe to say that no American political figure in modern times has amassed as much power--and clung to it--for as long as Speaker Michael Madigan. Ray Long masterfully chronicles this extraordinary half-century of Illinois politics, diving deep to explain how Madigan survived and thrived in Chicago and Springfield. Like so many Illinois pols before him, the Speaker’s reign ended in humiliation, but not before the ride of a lifetime. The House that Madigan Built is a page-turning read, where Long shines a new light on a time gone by in American politics.”--Jeff Zeleny, CNN chief national affairs correspondent and former Chicago Tribune reporter​​“From stopping time in the Illinois Legislature to keep the South Side’s White Sox in Chicago to defending his dubious tactics that won election after election, Madigan was the master of the Chicago Way. Longtime reporter Ray Long uses his front-row vantage point to bring the man to life like no one else can.”--Curtis Lawrence, former urban affairs journalist for the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune"As a cub reporter in the Illinois Statehouse in the 1980s, facing down the icy-eyed House Speaker was always a lesson in just how hard it can be to ‘speak truth to power.’ I wholeheartedly endorse and salute Ray Long for tackling this enigmatic, canny man's life in this engrossing chronicle of how Mike Madigan maintained his position for four decades, buffeted by the forces of money, corruption, and profound social and political change, to become the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history."--Nina Burleigh, national journalist and New York Times best-selling author​​"Ray Long is the consummate investigative reporter. With this book he tells the story of one of the most powerful--and impenetrable--figures who has ever ruled over a statehouse. This will be a riveting story for anyone who followed Illinois politics during the long reign of Speaker Michael Madigan, but it will also fascinate readers who enjoy a tale about raw power."--Bruce Dold, Pulitzer Prize winner and former editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune"The House That Madigan Built captures how Speaker Michael Madigan, a protege of legendary Democratic Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley, lorded over Illinois politics for decades. In this timely book, veteran journalist Ray Long brings the eye of a reporter who covered Madigan through redistricting battles, a governor’s impeachment, tax hike fights, #MeToo scandals, and a federal probe that ultimately sapped his power. Fans of raw politics will find this a must read."--Jill Wine-Banks, former Deputy Attorney General of Illinois and author of The Watergate Girl, board member of the Better Government Association, and co-host, #SistersInLaw and iGenPolitics podcasts​"Long’s well-written and eye-opening book shows how Madigan, starting as just another patronage worker himself, carefully acquired and expanded the power for which he became famous to some and infamous to others." --Jim Dey, News-Gazette "Long provides a greatest hits collection of Madigan's career-long quest to amass political power. . . . A comprehensive look at a style of power and politics we may never see again." --Illinois Times "Smart, funny and even-handed, “The House That Madigan Built” is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand Illinois politics" --NewCityTable of ContentsForeword Charles N. Wheeler III ixPreface xviiIntroduction: The Long Reign 1PART I: THE LEGEND1 Remap Victory 152 White Sox Miracle 293 Operation Cobra 41PART II: POWER PLAYS AND POLITICAL FLOPS4 Historic Impeachment 555 Partisan Math 736 The Art of Persuasion 847 Pension Failure 97PART III: A CAREER POLITICAL LEADER8 A Patronage Army 1219 Madigan and Madigan 13610 The Politics of Money 147PART IV: CRACKS IN THE SYSTEM11 Turning Point 16312 Ups and Downs 18013 Shams? 18814 Marty’s Campaign 202PART V: THE FALL15 Himself 21316 Public Official A 220Epilogue 231Acknowledgments 239Notes 243Index 275Photographs follow page 111

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Book SynopsisWinner of an Abraham Lincoln Institute Book Award Though not blind to Abraham Lincoln''s imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president''s image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman''s anthology explores the complex nature of views on Lincoln through the writings and thought of Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary McLeod Bethune, Thurgood Marshall, Malcolm X, Gwendolyn Brooks, Barbara Jeanne Fields, Barack Obama, and dozens of others. The selections move from speeches to letters to book excerpts, mapping the changing contours of the bond--emotional and intellectual--between Lincoln and Black Americans over the span of one hundred and fifty years. A comprehensive and valuable reader, Knowing Him by Heart examines Lincoln’s still-evolving place in Black American thought. Trade Review"Exceptionally capacious . . . Hord and Norman provide valuable biographical and contextual headnotes to each selection to each selection as well as a judicious introduction. . . . The African American tributes to and deliberations on Lincoln collected in Knowing Him by Heart are often insightful, including an awareness of his faults of hesitation and slowness about emancipation." --National Review"Every student of Abraham Lincoln needs this important anthology. The editors more than achieve their stated purpose 'to present an extensive anthology of African American views of Lincoln that represents the complexity of these head-heart perceptions.'" --Lincoln Forum Bulletin"This valuable addition to the growing literature on Lincoln and race features a generous sampling of Civil-War-era African American opinion (including two little known, highly significant speeches by Frederick Douglass) and abundant later commentary, both positive and negative, from an impressively wide variety of sources, ranging from historians and journalists to poets and statesmen." --Michael Burlingame, author of The Black Man’s President: Abraham Lincoln, African Americans, and the Pursuit of Racial Equality"No voice has been more important in speaking about Abraham Lincoln than the African American one. Yet, that voice has been often buried in obscure newspapers and magazines and long-forgotten collections of papers. It has been fervent in its admiration, and it has been strident in its resentment at condescension. The remarkable achievement of Frederick Hord and Matthew Norman is to bring these varied voices together in one place, offering an unprecedented resource for understanding the fraught relationship of a national image of emancipation with a people longing for redemption. 'I know Abraham Lincoln,' declared one of these voices. Thanks to Hord and Norman, we can all 'know Lincoln' in an entirely new and multi-voiced way."--Allen C. Guelzo, author of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in AmericaTable of ContentsIntroduction Frederick Douglass, Emancipation Day Address at Poughkeepsie, New York, August 2, 1858Frederick Douglass, “The Chicago Nominations,” June, 1860H. Ford Douglas, Address at Framingham, Massachusetts, July 4, 1860Frederick Douglass, “The Inaugural Address,” April, 1861“President Lincoln’s Inaugural,” Editorial in the Weekly Anglo-African, New York, March 16, 1861“The Fatal Step Backward,” Editorial in the Anglo-African, September 21, 1861Jabez P. Campbell, “The President and the Colored People,” October 1, 1861, Trenton, New JerseyRobert Hamilton, “The President’s Message,” Editorial in the Anglo-African, December 7, 1861Robert Hamilton, “The Hanging of Gordon for Man Stealing,” Editorial in the Anglo-African, March 1, 1862Henry McNeal Turner on Lincoln’s Proposal for Compensated Emancipation, March 16, 1862“The Emancipation Message,” Editorial in the Weekly Anglo-African, New York, March 22, 1862Daniel Alexander Payne, Account of Meeting with Abraham Lincoln, April 1862Henry Highland Garnet on Emancipation in Washington, DC, May 12, 1862Philip A. Bell, Editorial on Lincoln’s Revocation of Gen. Hunter’s Emancipation Decree in the Pacific Appeal, San Francisco, California, June 14, 1862Edward M. Thomas to Abraham Lincoln, Washington, DC, August 16, 1862Frederick Douglass, “The President and His Speeches,” September, 1862Resolutions of Newtown, New York Meeting on Lincoln’s Colonization Proposal, August 20, 1862Alfred P. Smith, Letter to President Lincoln in Response to Colonization Proposal, Saddle River, New Jersey, September 5, 1862Frances Ellen Watkins Harper on Lincoln’s Colonization Proposal, September 27, 1862Philip A. Bell, Editorial on the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in the Pacific Appeal, San Francisco, California, September 27, 1862Frederick Douglass, “Emancipation Proclaimed,” October, 1862George B. Vashon, Open Letter to President Lincoln on Colonization, October, 1862Henry McNeal Turner, Response to Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, September 26, 1862Thomas Strother on Lincoln’s Colonization Proposal, October 4, 1862Ezra R. Johnson, “The Liberty Bells are Ringing,” October 4, 1862C. P. S., “The President on Emancipation,” October 4, 1862Free Black People of Washington, DC, Letter to President Lincoln on Colonization, November 2, 1862Frederick Douglass, “January First 1863”Emancipation Celebration at Beaufort, South Carolina, January 1, 1863Philip A. Bell, “The Year of Jubilee Has Come!” January 3, 1863Robert Hamilton, “The Great Event,” Anglo-African, January 3, 1863Emancipation Celebration at Trenton, New Jersey, January 1, 1863James Smith, Report on Emancipation Celebration at Elmira, New York, January 5, 1863Jeremiah B. Sanderson, Address at Emancipation Jubilee in San Francisco, January 14, 1863Osborne P. Anderson, Remarks on the Emancipation Celebration in Chicago, January 1, 1863H. Ford Douglas to Frederick Douglass, Colliersville, Tennessee, Jan. 8, 1863Thomas Morris Chester, Speech at Cooper Institute, New York, New York, January 20, 1863James H. Hudson, Letter to the Editor of the Pacific Appeal, February 25, 1863Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, “The President’s Proclamation,” March 7, 1863John Proctor to Abraham Lincoln, Beaufort, South Carolina, April 18, 1863William Slade to Abraham Lincoln, Washington, DC April 28, 1863Robert Purvis, Address to the American Anti-Slavery Society, New York, May 12, 1863Hannah Johnson to Abraham Lincoln, Buffalo, New York, July 31, 1863Frederick Douglass, “The Commander-in-Chief and His Black Soldiers,” August, 1863Leonard A. Grimes to Abraham Lincoln, Washington, DC, August 21, 1863Jeremiah Asher to Abraham Lincoln, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 7, 1863Robert Hamilton, Editorial on Lincoln’s Letter to James C. Conkling in the Anglo-African, New York, September 12, 1863Robert Hamilton, Editorial Endorsing Lincoln for a Second Term as President in the Anglo-African, New York, October 24, 1863African Civilization Society, Address to Abraham Lincoln, Washington, DC, November 5, 1863Frederick Douglass, Address to the American Anti-Slavery Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 4, 1863Philip A. Bell, Editorial on President Lincoln’s Annual Message in the Pacific Appeal, San Francisco, California, December 12, 1863William Florville to Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois, December 27, 1863Thomas R. Street, Emancipation Day Address, Virginia City, Nevada Territory, January 1, 1864Philip A. Bell, Editorial Endorsing Lincoln for a Second Term in Office in the Pacific Appeal, San Francisco, California, January 9, 1864John H. Morgan et al. to Abraham Lincoln, Pensacola, Florida, January 16, 1864Mattild Burr to Abraham Lincoln, January 18, 1864Amos G. Beman on the First Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, January 23, 1864Richard H. Cain to Abraham Lincoln, Washington, DC, January 27, 1864Jean Baptiste Roudanez and Arnold Bertonneau, Memorial to Abraham Lincoln, March 10, 1864Petition of North Carolina Freedmen to Abraham Lincoln, April or May, 1864Don Carlos Rutter to Abraham Lincoln, St. Helena Island, South Carolina, May 29, 1864George E. Stephens, Letter to the Editor of the Anglo-African, May 26, 1864James W. C. Pennington, Letter to the Editor of the Anglo-African, New York, June 9, 1864“Africano,” Letter to the Editor of the Anglo-African, Point Lookout, Maryland, July 18, 1864Annie Davis to Abraham Lincoln, Belair, Maryland, August 25, 1864Frederick Douglass to Abraham Lincoln, Rochester, New York, August 29, 1864Robert Hamilton, Editorial on the Presidential Election in the Anglo-African, New York, September 24, 1864“Africano,” Letter to Editor of Anglo-African, Point Lookout, Maryland, September 2, 1864S. W. Chase, Remarks to Abraham Lincoln upon Presenting a Bible, September 7, 1864Sojourner Truth, Account of Meeting with Abraham Lincoln, October 29, 1864Robert Hamilton Gives Thanks for Lincoln’s Re-election, November 19, 1864Martin Delany, Account of Meeting with Abraham Lincoln, February 8, 1865George Washington to Abraham Lincoln, Hilton Head, South Carolina, March 19, 1865Thomas Morris Chester, Report on Lincoln’s Visit to Richmond, Virginia, April 4, 1865Isaac J. Hill, Account of Lincoln’s Visit to Richmond, April 4, 1865Alexander H. Newton, Account of Lincoln’s Visit to Richmond, April 4, 1865Jacob Thomas, Sermon Preached in Memory of Abraham Lincoln at AME Zion Church, Troy, New York, April 16, 1865Resolutions Passed on Lincoln’s Assassination in Middletown, Connecticut, April 20, 1865Martin Delany, Proposal for a Monument to Abraham Lincoln, April 20, 1865Robert Hamilton, “Thy Will Be Done” April 22, 1865James W. C. Pennington on Lincoln’s Funeral Procession through New York City, April 27, 1865Angeline R. Demby, Poem in Memory of Abraham Lincoln, April 29, 1865Reaction to Lincoln’s Assassination in Baltimore, April, 1865Henry O. Wagoner, Report on Lincoln’s Funeral Procession in Chicago, May 2, 1865George W. Le Vere, Eulogy of Abraham Lincoln, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 22, 1865Frederick Douglass, Speech at Cooper Institute, New York, June 1, 1865Frederick Douglass, Draft of A Speech on Lincoln, circa December, 1865Address of the Illinois Convention of Colored Men to the American People, Galesburg, Illinois, October 16-18, 1866Elizabeth Keckley, Behind the Scenes, 1868Paul Trevigne, Editorial on Emancipation Day in the New Orleans Tribune, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 1, 1869Thomas N. C. Liverpool, Address on Lincoln’s Birthday, Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 12, 1873Frederick Douglass, Address at Dedication of the Freedmen’s Monument, Washington, DC, April 14, 1876H. Cordelia Ray, “Lincoln,” Poem written for Dedication of the Freedmen’s Monument, Washington, DC, April 14, 1876George Washington Williams, A History of the Negro Race in America, 1882Emmanuel K. Love, Emancipation Day Address at Savannah, Georgia, January 2, 1888William S. Scarborough>, Remarks at Ohio Republican League Club Lincoln Banquet, Columbus, Ohio, February 13, 1888John Mercer Langston, Memorial Day Address at Washington, DC, May 30, 1891Peter H. Clark on Lincoln and Emancipation, May 18, 1892Frederick Douglass, Address at Lincoln Birthday Celebration, Brooklyn, New York, February 13, 1893E. W. S. Hammond, “Lincoln on the Negro,” May 11, 1893Charles W. Anderson, Address on Emancipation Proclamation, Chicago, Illinois, February 12, 1895Booker T. Washington, Address at the Union League Club, Brooklyn, New York, February 12, 1896Harriet Tubman, Statement on Abraham Lincoln, July, 1896Julius F. Taylor, Critique of Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation, August 7, 1897Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Emancipation Day Address at Decatur, Illinois, September 22, 1899Paul Laurence Dunbar, “Lincoln,” 1899Elizabeth Thomas, Reminiscence of Abraham Lincoln, 1900Archibald H. Grimke, “Abraham Lincoln,” March, 1900Elizabeth Keckly on Lincoln, 1901“The Negro’s Natal Day,” February, 1904William A. Sinclair, The Aftermath of Slavery: A Study of the Condition and Environment of the American Negro, 1905Jesse Max Barber, “Abraham Lincoln and the Negro,” February, 1905Mary Church Terrell, Address on Abraham Lincoln, New York, February 13, 1905T. Thomas Fortune, Address on Lincoln, Montclair, New Jersey, February 16, 1906Reverdy C. Ransom, Address on Abraham Lincoln, circa 1907W. E. B. Du Bois, Address Delivered at Hull House, Chicago, Illinois, February 12, 1907William Monroe Trotter, “Proposed Mass. Lincoln Centennial,” Editorial in the Guardian on Celebration of Lincoln’s Birthday, Boston, Massachusetts, January 18, 1908Maude K. Griffin, “Lincoln--Man of Many Sides,” April, 1908Hightower T. Kealing, “Lincoln’s Birthday--The Great American Day,” January, 1909Silas X. Floyd, Address at Emancipation Day Celebration in Augusta, Georgia, January 1, 1909George L. Knox, “Celebrating in Memory of Lincoln,” January 2, 1909Selections from The American Missionary, Special Issue on Lincoln, February, 1909: Thomas S. Inborden, George W. Henderson, William Pickens, Kelly Miller, Etta M. T. Cottin, Archibald H. Grimke, and John M. GandyFred R. Moore, “Lincoln and the Negro,” February, 1909Sylvanie F. Williams, “Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation,” February, 1909Harry C. Smith, “Lincoln in a True Light,” February 6, 1909James H. Magee, Address at Lincoln Centennial Commemoration, Springfield, Illinois, February 12, 1909Booker T. Washington, Address at Republican Club of New York, New York, February 12, 1909James L. Curtis, Address on Centennial of Lincoln’s Birth, February 12, 1909John W. E. Bowen Sr., Address at Lincoln Centennial Commemoration, Chicago, Illinois, February 12, 1909Cora J. Ball, “On Lincoln’s Centennial,” February 13, 1909Fred R. Moore, “Lincoln Day And The White Folks,” March, 1909Thomas Nelson Baker, “Speech of Lincoln,” March-April, 1909Josephine Silone Yates, “Lincoln the Emancipator,” April, 1910Henry McNeal Turner, “Reminiscences of the Proclamation of Emancipation,” January, 1913James Weldon Johnson, “Father, Father Abraham,” February, 1913William H. Lewis, Speech before the Massachusetts General Assembly, February 12, 1913W. E. B. Du Bois, Address to Commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and Lincoln’s Birthday, Chicago, Illinois, February 12, 1913Booker T. Washington, Address at Rochester, New York, February 12, 1913John H. Murphy Sr., “A Government for the People,” July 5, 1913Robert R. Wright Sr., Address at the Emancipation Proclamation Exposition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 14, 1913Theophile T. Allain, Address to Commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, Decatur, Illinois, September 23, 1913Olivia Ward Bush-Banks, “Abraham Lincoln,” 1914Grand Household of Ruth, Resolution on Equal Suffrage, August, 1915Richard W. Gadsden, Address on Lincoln’s Birthday, Savannah, Georgia, February 12, 1918Edward A. Johnson, Speech on Lincoln’s Birthday in the New York State Assembly, Albany, New York, February 12, 1918Alice Dunbar-Nelson, “Lincoln and Douglass,” 1920Hubert H. Harrison, “Lincoln and Liberty--Fact Versus Fiction,” March, 1921Carter G. Woodson, The Negro in Our History, 1922Robert R. Moton, Draft for an Address at the Dedication of the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC, May, 1922Georgia Douglas Johnson, “To Abraham Lincoln,” 1922W. E. B. Du Bois, Editorials on Abraham Lincoln in The Crisis, July, 1922 and September, 1922National Association of Colored Women, Speeches and a Resolution Commemorating Abraham Lincoln, 1923-1924Langston Hughes, “Lincoln Monument: Washington,” March, 1927Charles Chesnutt, Address to the Harlan Club, Cleveland, Ohio, February 14, 1928Walter White, “If Lincoln Were Here,” Radio Address on Lincoln’s Birthday, February 12, 1929Lamar Perkins, Address in the New York State Assembly, Albany, New York, February 12, 1930Samuel A. Haynes, Editorial in the Philadelphia Tribune on Lincoln and Emancipation Day, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 7, 1932William E. Lilly, Set My People Free: A Negro’s Life of Lincoln, 1932Robert L. Vann, “The Patriot and the Partisan,” Speech Delivered in Cleveland, Ohio September 11, 1932Carter G. Woodson, “Abolitionists Worried Lincoln,” November 24, 1932William Lloyd Imes, “A Negro’s Tribute to Lincoln,” Radio Address on Lincoln’s Birthday, February 12, 1935, Station WMCA, New York, February 12, 1935Eugene Gordon, Editorial on Lincoln, February, 1935Arthur W. Mitchell, Address in the US House of Representatives, June 1, 1936Grace Evans, Remarks at Emancipation Day Celebration, Connersville, Indiana, September 22, 1936Harry C. Smith, Editorial in the Cleveland Gazette, Cleveland, Ohio, February 20, 1937Selections from WPA Slave Narratives, 1936-38Aaron H. Payne, Address at Lincoln Day Dinner, New York, February 12, 1940Claude McKay, “Lincoln--Apostle of a New America,” February 13, 1943March on Washington Movement, Press Release Regarding the Celebration of Lincoln’s Birthday, February 14, 1943Roscoe Conkling Simmons, Address to a Joint Session of the Illinois General Assembly, February 13, 1944Joel A. Rogers, “Lincoln Wanted to Deport Negroes and Opposed Equal Rights,” February 26, 1944Mary McLeod Bethune, Address on Lincoln’s Birthday, Washington, DC, February 12, 1945John Hope Franklin, From Slavery to Freedom, 1947Ella Baker, Emancipation Day Address, Atlanta, Georgia, January 1, 1947Luther Porter Jackson, “The Views of Abraham Lincoln on Race Question,” February 12, 1948Willard Townsend, “Lincoln Did Not Envision 1952 in His Speech at Gettysburg,” January 19, 1952Ralph J. Bunche, Address at the Lincoln Association of Jersey City, New Jersey, February 12, 1954Mary McLeod Bethune, Editorial on Lincoln’s Birthday in the Chicago Defender, Chicago. Illinois, February 12, 1955Roy Wilkins, Radio Address to Commemorate Lincoln’s Birthday, February 11 or 12, 1958Mordecai W. Johnson, Address on Abraham Lincoln Before the Michigan Legislature, Lansing, Michigan, February 12, 1959Carl J. Murphy , “Freedom Is Never A Gift,” Editorial in the BaltimoreAfro-American, Baltimore, Maryland, January 23, 1960Jackie Robinson, “Kennedy Not Another Lincoln,” June 9, 1962Martin Luther King Jr., Draft of an Address at the Park Sheraton Hotel, New York, New York, September 12, 1962Thurgood Marshall, Remarks on Commemoration of the Centennial of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC, September 22, 1962Edith Sampson, Address on Emancipation Proclamation, circa 1962-1963Benjamin Quarles, Lincoln and the Negro, 1962John Hope Franklin, The Emancipation Proclamation, 1963St. Clair Drake, The Emancipation Proclamation Centennial Lectures, Chicago, Illinois, January-February, 1963Charles H. Wesley, Remarks at Opening of the Emancipation Proclamation Exhibit at the National Archives, Washington, DC, January 4, 1963Daisy Bates, “After 100 Years--Where Do We Stand?” An Address on the Emancipation Proclamation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, January 6, 1963Malcolm X, Speech at the University of California, October 11, 1963Gwendolyn Brooks, “In the Time of Detachment, in the Time of Cold, 1965”John Hope Franklin, “Abraham Lincoln and Civil Rights,” an Address at Gettysburg National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, November 19, 1965Julius Lester, Look Out Whitey, Black Power’s Gon’ Get Your Mama, 1968Lerone Bennett Jr., “Was Abe Lincoln a White Supremacist?” February, 1968Henry Lee Moon, “Abraham Lincoln: A Man to Remember and Honor,” February, 1968John H. Sengstacke, “A New Lincoln,” Editorial in the Chicago Daily Defender, Chicago, February 12, 1968Norman E. W. Hodges, Breaking the Chains of Bondage, 1972Arvarh Strickland, Remarks at the Abraham Lincoln Symposium, Springfield, Illinois, February 12, 1980Mary Frances Berry, “Lincoln & Civil Rights for Blacks,” Address at the Abraham Lincoln Association Banquet, Springfield, Illinois, February 12, 1980Vincent Harding, There Is a River, 1981Clarence Thomas on Lincoln and the Declaration of Independence, 1987Barbara Jeanne Fields, “Who Freed the Slaves?” 1990Lerone Bennett Jr., Forced into Glory, 2000Henry Louis Gates Jr., Lincoln on Race and Slavery, 2009Barack Obama, “What I See in Lincoln’s Eyes,” July 4, 2005Barack Obama, Remarks at the Abraham Lincoln Association Banquet, Springfield, Illinois, February 12, 2009Index

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Book SynopsisPolitical profiles of five mayors and their lasting impact on the city Chicago’s transformation into a global city began at City Hall. Dick Simpson and Betty O’Shaughnessy edit in-depth analyses of the five mayors that guided the city through this transition beginning with Harold Washington’s 1983 election: Washington, Eugene Sawyer, Richard M. Daley, Rahm Emmanuel, and Lori Lightfoot. Though the respected political science, sociologist, and journalist contributors approach their subjects from distinct perspectives, each essay addresses three essential issues: how and why each mayor won the office; whether the City Council of their time acted as a rubber stamp or independent body; and the ways the unique qualities of each mayor’s administration and accomplishments influenced their legacy. Filled with expert analysis and valuable insights, Chicago’s Modern Mayors illuminates a time of transition and change and considers the politicians Trade Review“An important, underemphasized history of persistent attempted settlement by Black migrants from the U.S. South to the rural and small city Midwest. The author mounts a challenge to received wisdom and even the received archive that combines the meticulous use of traditional sources with innovative research strategies. The result is a fascinating account of how terror and exclusion were cleansed from historical memory.”--David Roediger, author of The Sinking Middle Class: A Political History of Debt, Misery, and the Drift to the RightTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction--Chicago’s Turbulent Political History Betty O’Shaughnessy 1983-1987: Harold Washington--Cultural Transformation of City Government in Chicago and A Sense of Possibility Xolela Mangcu and Gregory D. Squires 1987-1989: The Sawyer Interregnum Monroe Anderson 1989-2011: Mayor Richard M. Daley and the City of Spectacle Costas Spirou and Dennis R. Judd 2011-2019: Rahm Emanuel--Chicago in Change and Crisis Kari Lydersen and Daniel Bliss 2019-present: Lori Lightfoot’s Two Coalitions Marco Rosaire Rossi and Dick Simpson Conclusion: Modern Mayors of Chicago Dick Simpson Epilogue: History Continues Dick Simpson Appendix A: Historical List of Chicago Mayors Appendix B: Corruption Contemporary Chicago Bibliography Clinton Stockwell Contributors Index

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Trade ReviewIt is hardly going too far to say that Lincoln the president cannot be properly understood without some acquaintanceship with this aspect of his character. And it is not going in the least too far to add that Bruce has assembled his material with care, industry, and intelligence and has written a book of deep and surpassing interest and appeal." -- Civil War Book Club Review

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Trade Review"A comprehensive and enlightening survey of the evolution of Lincoln's economic thought." --Reviews in American History"Boritt illuminates Lincoln's understanding of 'equality' as well as the meaning of the concept in Lincoln's political economy." -- New York Review of BooksThis is a rare book that deserves superlatives . . . brilliant and original" -- Pennsylvania Magazine of History"A major contribution." -- Journal of Economic History

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Book SynopsisWilliam H. Herndon aspired to write a faithful portrait of his friend and law partner, Abraham Lincoln, based on his own observations and on hundreds of letters and interviews he had compiled for the purpose. Even more important, he was determined to present Lincoln as a man, rather than a saint, and to reveal things that the prevailing Victorian conventions said should be left out of the biography of a great national hero. A variety of obstacles kept Herndon from writing his book, however, and not until he found a collaborator in Jesse W. Weik did the biography begin to take shape. It finally appeared in 1889, to decidedly mixed reviews. Though controversial from the outset, Herndon's Lincoln nonetheless established itself as a classic, and remains, as Don E. Fehrenbacher declared, the most influential biography of Lincoln ever published. This new edition restores the original text, includes two chapters added in the revised (1892) edition, and traces the history of how Herndon anTrade Review"In this new volume, coeditors Douglas Wilson and Rodney Davis have brought the landmark biography up to date with more than seventy years of Lincoln scholarship, thereby giving us the definitive modern edition of the work. . . . Wilson and Davis's new edition of Herndon's Lincoln will not only help scholars scrutinize the biography itself, but will also afford them the remarkable opportunity to see how the memory of one of America's greatest presidents was constructed."--Journal of the Early RepublicWill Guzman restores Lawrence A. Nixon to his proper place as one of the borderland's leading African American physicians and a pioneering opponent of Jim Crow.--Karl Jacoby, author of Shadows at Dawn: An Apache Massacre and the Violence of HistoryMore than a biography, Will Guzman's book offers a fresh window onto the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. Guzman skillfully brings together African American history, western history, Chicana/o history, and the history of medicine into a fascinating and lively account of civil rights pioneer Lawrence Nixon.--Pablo Mitchell, author of Coyote Nation: Sexuality, Race, and Conquest in Modernizing New Mexico, 1880 -1920

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"An unparalleled portrait. Written with verve, refreshingly free of jargon, and deftly weaving acute analysis into clear narrative, it manages both to tell the remarkable story of the most influential president since Lincoln while conducting an ongoing conversation with historians and biographers who have come before."--Max Paul Friedman, author of Rethinking Anti-Americanism: The History of an Exceptional Concept in American Foreign Relations"A deeply researched and finely crafted biography and history of the greatest American president of the twentieth century. . . . In these times, when FDR's and our parents' and grandparents' memory and legacy are under siege, we should all read Daniels's new work and consider what we need to do today."--Harvey J. Kaye, author of The Fight for the Four Freedoms: What Made FDR and the Greatest Generation Truly Great"This is a huge and important account of FDR's presidency, based on a prodigious amount of work, largely in the public record, in newspapers, memoirs, and related materials, but with close attention to all of the relevant secondary literature."--Allan M. Winkler, author of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Making of Modern America

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewSpecial Achievement Award, Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize, 2017 "Acclaimed Lincoln scholars Wilson and Davis have combed the large correspondence of Lincoln's law partner Herndon to discover every reference to Lincoln as a man, a public figure, and an almost mythological hero, and have selected for this book those letters that have substantive value as "information, anecdote, opinion, or speculation" about the president."--Library Journal"William Henry Herndon's biography of his one-time law partner, Abraham Lincoln, has long been the gold standard for Lincoln biographies. But Herndon's voluminous correspondence with friends, publishers, and the merely curious are almost as rich in substance as Herndon's biography. Wilson and Davis have now given us a thorough collection of Herndon's letters, thoroughly identified and noted, which will stand as major contribution to any study of the life of Abraham Lincoln."--Allen C. Guelzo, author of Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President"Significantly contribute[s] to Lincoln scholarship."--Journal of Southern History"This compilation of letters, many of which are published for the first time and are gathered from repositories from across the nation, adds significantly to our understanding of both Lincoln and the man who was his law partner for nearly two decades. Herndon defenders as well as critics will find great value in this comprehensive and carefully annotated volume."--Edna Greene Medford, co-author of The Emancipation Proclamation: Three Views"A major scholarly achievement that will be of great value to Lincoln biographers and scholars."--James M. McPherson, author of War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865"This an excellent work and an essential one for anyone interested in Lincoln and the man who strove to tell his story as he believed it should be told."--Civil War News"A treasure trove for Lincoln scholars. . . . Herndon's voluminous and detailed letters, identified and annotated expertly by Wilson and Davis, confirm the late Lincoln scholar David Donald's observation that 'To understand Herndon's own rather peculiar approach to Lincoln biography, one must go back to his letters.' Essential."--Choice"An eye-opening look at many facets of Lincoln: his parents (the father illiterate, the mother from what Herndon calls 'a lecherous family'); his pastimes (he loved playing chess and handball); his lax parenting style (he was 'a tool or a slave' to his young boys, letting them run wild in the law office); and his predictions (he foresaw his assassination, saying more than once, 'Billy, I feel as if I shall meet with some terrible end')."--Wall Street Journal "This invaluable collection of Herndon's letters about Lincoln ably supplements Herndon's Informants, the editors' magnificent compilation of reminiscences gathered by Herndon from scores of people who knew Lincoln. Douglas L. Wilson and Rodney O. Davis, along with the University of Illinois Press, deserve the undying gratitude of everyone who cares about Lincoln in particular and American history in general."--Michael Burlingame, author of Abraham Lincoln: A Life

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is a must read for all who seek valuable insight into Mayor Harold Washington—the man, his administration, and the power struggle that accompanied the election of Chicago's first African American mayor."--David Orr"The master biographer of Illinois politicians provides the definitive account of Chicago’s first black mayor. Rooted deeply in the historical context, Roger Biles demonstrates how Harold Washington’s neighborhood agenda balanced social change with municipal housekeeping. Biles lifts Washington out of the morass of the Council Wars and reveals him as canny and substantive, flawed and private, deft and tragic."--Amanda I. Seligman, author of Chicago’s Block Clubs: How Neighbors Shape the City"Biles explores the intra- and inter-party political tensions in Chicago that helped cultivate Washington and redefined the city’s political and business landscape." --Booklist"One of the most comprehensive overviews to date of Washington's politics and policies while in office." --South Side Weekly"Highly recommended." --Choice"Makes a strong case for reevaluating Washington's career. [Biles] also covers pivotal elections with a flair for detail and suspense that locks you onto the page. This is a book that will reshape the way you think about Illinois, Chicago, and Harold Washington." --Public ITable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: Race, Reform, and Redistribution 1 1 From Machine Regular to Progressive Democrat 15 2 The Plan and the Man 53 3 The Devalued Prize 105 4 Chicago Works Together 145 5 Balanced Growth 189 6 In Search of a Mandate 231 7 The Final Months 270 8 Harold Washington and Chicago 307 Notes 331 Index 377 Photographs follow page 181

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Book SynopsisA priceless resource for scholars and anyone curious about Lincoln and his times, Herndon's Informants includes an introduction, scholarly annotations, a registry of the informants, and a detailed topical index.Trade ReviewWinner of the Abraham Lincoln Institute Book Award given by the Abraham Lincoln Institute of the Mid-Atlantic. "[Wilson and Davis] have done a service of inestimable value to historians by the complete, accurately transcribed, indexed, and annotated edition of the written accounts of Herndon's interviews with 264 people. . . . It is a monumental achievement of scholarship. That is true not simply because of the editorial skill and effort required to complete it, but mainly because this material is the basis for most of what we know about the first half of Lincoln's life." --James M. McPherson, New York Review of BooksTable of ContentsPreface vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction xiii Editorial Note xxv Short Citations and Abbreviations xxix Herndon’s Informants: The Texts 1. Letters, Interviews, and Statements Collected by William H. Herndon and Jesse W. Weik, 1865–92 3 2. Informant Testimony Reported in Herndon’s Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life (1889) 707 3. Informant Testimony Reported in William H. Herndon’s Letters to Jesse W. Weik 713 4. Informant Testimony Reported in Jesse W. Weik’s The Real Lincoln (1922) 725 Register of Informants 737 Appendix: Brief Outline of the Joseph Hanks Family, by Paul H. Verduin 779 Index 785

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A bracing and insightful read." --Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune"Michael Dorf and George Van Dusen weave together the fascinating life of my friend, Sid Yates, an insight into the cutthroat Chicago party politics of Sid's career and the best analysis of the bare knuckles, behind-the-scene battle Sid waged to save the National Endowment for the Arts ever written. When you read this book you will learn of a day when one of Illinois' most principled and skillful public servants made history in the halls of Congress. Near the end of his life Sid joked with me about old age. He said: 'First the knees go. Then the nouns go. Then you go.' Sid is gone but for those who read this exceptional book he will not be forgotten." --Senator Dick Durbin"With an electorate so polarized today, the life and political career of Sidney R. Yates reminds us of a time when being a congressman meant being willing to reach across the aisle and work toward bipartisan solutions." --Chicago Jewish News"Clear It with Sid! offers a close look at one of America’s national political titans. It is an indispensable resource for understanding post-World War II America because it reveals the nitty-gritty of how national politics was done over five decades. It also sheds new light on dozens of matters that engaged Congressman Yates, such as justice for resettled Japanese Americans and the controversy over Admiral Hyman Rickover, to name but two."--Gary Johnson, President, Chicago History Museum"Dorf and Van Dusen make a convincing case for Yates’s national importance." --Journal of American History"Clear It with Sid!, above all else, could either be seen as a eulogy to a politician who believed governance could be pragmatic and bipartisan, a memorial to a time when such behavior was the rule and not the exception, or both." --Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society"Mike Dorf and George Van Dusen have captured the voice of the Sid Yates I knew. This book illustrates the true inside workings of lawmaking in America and the rich flavor of interplay among the Congressional leaders, staffs, and advocates who argue and collaborate and ultimately create our laws. The chapter on 'Three Years of the Culture Wars' was for me both riveting and frightening. It was riveting because I myself lived and worked through every moment of those battles all excellently depicted here. And it is frightening to recall how close we all came to seeing America robbed of a federal cultural investment. Clear it with Sid! is loaded with treasures of insight, such as how a strong colleague partnership with a staff leader like Congressman Yates’s Chief of Staff, the great Mary Bain, can make a huge difference; or how sharp statesmanship along with passion combined to preserve our national cultural agencies; and most importantly how one person can indeed make a difference."--Robert Lynch, President and CEO, Americans for the Arts"Sid Yates and I represented neighboring Congressional districts during nineteen of his forty-eight years in the House of Representatives. Clear It With Sid! captures the Sid Yates I knew, and provides facts and insights that I never expected. We were on opposite sides of the aisle and Dorf and Van Dusen demonstrate how Sid's civility, bipartisanship, and legislative acumen enabled him to work with Republicans, pass legislation, and get things done. In particular, the authors' description of the politics of the Appropriations Committee, on which we both served, is a must read for anyone interested in the way Congress really works."--John Porter, former U.S. Congressman for Illinois's 10th DistrictTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ixPrologue 1Part I. The Crusader, 1949–621 The Road to Capitol Hill 52 The Class of ’49 153 “Here Comes This Nice, Good-Looking Guy” 414 “The Judgment of Admirals” 55Part II. Defeat and Comeback, 1962–745 Yates for Senate 876 To the United Nations and Back 1097 “This Precious Resource” 115Part III. The Chairman, 1975–988 America’s Committee 1339 Three Years of the Culture Wars 14310 “The Last Sanhedrin Met in 70 ce” 18311 The Final Years 215Epilogue 219Notes 227References 251Index 259Photographs follow page 69

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“An important, underemphasized history of persistent attempted settlement by Black migrants from the U.S. South to the rural and small city Midwest. The author mounts a challenge to received wisdom and even the received archive that combines the meticulous use of traditional sources with innovative research strategies. The result is a fascinating account of how terror and exclusion were cleansed from historical memory.”--David Roediger, author of The Sinking Middle Class: A Political History of Debt, Misery, and the Drift to the RightTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction--Chicago’s Turbulent Political History Betty O’Shaughnessy 1983-1987: Harold Washington--Cultural Transformation of City Government in Chicago and A Sense of Possibility Xolela Mangcu and Gregory D. Squires 1987-1989: The Sawyer Interregnum Monroe Anderson 1989-2011: Mayor Richard M. Daley and the City of Spectacle Costas Spirou and Dennis R. Judd 2011-2019: Rahm Emanuel--Chicago in Change and Crisis Kari Lydersen and Daniel Bliss 2019-present: Lori Lightfoot’s Two Coalitions Marco Rosaire Rossi and Dick Simpson Conclusion: Modern Mayors of Chicago Dick Simpson Epilogue: History Continues Dick Simpson Appendix A: Historical List of Chicago Mayors Appendix B: Corruption Contemporary Chicago Bibliography Clinton Stockwell Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis is an outstanding work of intellectual history. . . . Highly recommended. * Choice *Generation Stalin offers a pathbreaking new perspective on an under-examined (or until now misexamined) convergence of twentieth-century French culture and politics. * H-France *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Henri Barbusse and Stalin's Official Biography2. Romain Rolland and the Politics of Terror3. Paul Eluard and Stalin's 70th Birthday4. Louis Aragon and the Great Patriotic WarConclusionWorks CitedIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis is an outstanding work of intellectual history. . . . Highly recommended. * Choice *Generation Stalin offers a pathbreaking new perspective on an under-examined (or until now misexamined) convergence of twentieth-century French culture and politics. * H-France *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Henri Barbusse and Stalin's Official Biography2. Romain Rolland and the Politics of Terror3. Paul Eluard and Stalin's 70th Birthday4. Louis Aragon and the Great Patriotic WarConclusionWorks CitedIndex

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Book SynopsisA remarkable history of one of the most legendary Senators of our time, Birch Bayh: Making a Difference reveals a life and career dedicated to the important issues facing Indiana and the nation, including civil rights and equal rights for women.Trade Review[A] well-researched and engaging recounting of Bayh's public life. * The Indiana Laywer *My friend Birch Bayh has led a life of remarkable public service dedicated, always, to making a difference. His supporters and opponents will long remember his skill as a campaigner combined with his ability to reach across the political aisle and achieve Constitutional Amendments and timely legislation that strengthened our nation. -- Richard Lugar, former United States Senator from IndianaIn Indiana's, and the nation's, political history, perhaps no elected official has produced the legislative achievements crafted by U.S. Senator Birch Bayh. In addition to authoring two constitutional amendments—the Twenty-Fifth and Twenty-Sixth—Bayh produced the landmark Title IX legislation, providing women with equal opportunities in public education. Bayh has long needed a comprehensive biography, and Robert Blaemire has provided an insider's account of Bayh's life and career and places him among Indiana's leading political figures. -- Ray E. Boomhower, author of Robert F. Kennedy and the 1968 Indiana PrimaryHighlights the life of one of our most remarkable United States Senators, not just in Indiana but in the nation. Birch Bayh shows the dedication of a man to his state and country through more than 25 years of elected office. -- Geoffrey Paddock, author of Indiana Political HeroesRobert Blaemire's celebration of Birch Bayh's career evokes a different and better time in American politics, when leaders really did think about making a difference. There are many vivid portraits of Bayh's work on landmark civil rights bills and other legislation. My favorite passage cites Bayh's question for his staff when facing a tough choice: "Just tell me what you feel is the right thing to do." Read this memoir and remember a time when people like Bayh, and the decent, compassionate politics of the heartland, were truly the American way. -- David Ignatius, columnist, The Washington PostAs the father of Title IX, Birch Bayh has left a lasting impact on our country. In Birch Bayh: Making a Difference, it is clear his influence and his contributions will continue to affect all Americans for generations to come in many ways. -- Billie Jean King, founder of the Billie Jean King Leadership InitiativeThe story of Birch Bayh's political career is completely inspiring, especially in an era that has lost touch with bipartisanship and civility. A must read for Hoosiers and for anyone interested in how democracy worked, when it really worked. -- Ted Widmer, historian and former presidential speechwriterRobert Blaemire's Birch Bayh is a marvelous biography of Bayh, a dynamo in Indiana politics and the national scene throughout the 20th century. My take-away, after reading, was that Bayh, a consummate public servant, would have made an excellent president. Highly recommended! -- Douglas Brinkley, author of Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of AmericaA senior staffer to Bayh for thirteen years, Blaemire performed solid research to fortify his insider's knowledge,mconducting extensive interviews, with Bayh before his death to go along with some fifty-nine interviews with former staff and Senate colleagues. And he did his homework, mining memoirs of other political actors and the accounts of journalists and historians, all of which he uses to supply welcome contextual detail. -- Daniel A Clark * Indiana Magazine of History *Table of ContentsChapter 1 – Farmer, Soldier, Legislator Chapter 2 – U. S. Senator Chapter 3 –Assassination and Amendment - 1963Chapter 4 - Crash and Constitution - 1964Chapter 5 - Civil Rights, Guns & Vietnam – 1965-1968Chapter 6 - 1968 Chapter 7 – Haynsworth – 1969-1970Chapter 8 – Carswell – 1970Chapter 9 - Campaign and Cancer - 1971Chapter 10 – Title IX - 1972Chapter 11 – Watergate - 1973Chapter 12 – Bayh versus Lugar - 1974Chapter 13 – National Interests - 1975Chapter 14 – Bayh for President - 1976Chapter 15 – The Carter Administration - 1977 Chapter 16 – Foreign Intelligence - 1978 Chapter 17 – The Death of Marvella 1979-1980 Chapter 18 – The Last Campaign - 1980 Chapter 19 – Capstone

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForewordIntroduction1. Agriculture: Supporting America's Farms2. Education: Advocating for US Students3. Domestic Policy: Innovating and Negotiating America's Future4. Nutrition: Feeding the World5. Democracy: Championing Freedom Across the Globe6. Foreign Policy: Preserving Global Order, Expanding American Power7. Arms Control: Negotiating Security for the World8. The Nunn-Lugar Program: Envisioning a Safer WorldEpilogue

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Book SynopsisWhen at last we were approaching the Harem, the Sultan, surely quite alarmed, said to me in a low voice (was that so the eunuch walking in front of us wouldn't hear, or because in this lonely and dark passageway he was frightened of his own voice?), Ne olacak? 'What is to become of things?' Translated into English for the first time, this memoir provides fascinating first-hand insight into the personalities, intrigues, and inner workings of the Ottoman palace in its final decades. Written by Halid Ziya Usakligil, who was First Secretary to Sultan Mehmed V and would go on to be one of Turkey's most famous novelists, On the Sultan's Service makes available to English readers the remarkable account of life and work in the Ottoman palace chancery-the public, business side of the palace-in its final incarnation. We learn of the court's new role under this second-to-last Sultan in post-Revolution Turkey. No longer exercising political power, the palace negotiated the minefields between politTrade ReviewBrookes' work offers scholars and students a very readable account of palace life during the reign of Mehmed V, first-hand observations of many interesting historical events, and fascinating insights concerning life in general from one of the greatest Turkish novelists. -- Jame N Tallon * The Middle Ground Journal *Table of ContentsForewordIntroductionMapsTimeline of Late Ottoman History Family Tree1. A New Court for a New Monarch2. Redoing the Palaces3. On Show4. The Imperial Household5. The Imperial Family6. Wedding Vows and Dueling Heirs7. Papers, Papers8. Mysterious Yıldız, Daunting Topkapı9. Coming to Call10. Royal Guests11. On Holiday12. Maneuvering, Touring13. No End to Crises14. Caught in the Vise15. Bringing Down the Curtain16. The Man Who Would Be SultanEpilogueGlossary of NamesGlossary of Terms and PlacesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewBrookes' work offers scholars and students a very readable account of palace life during the reign of Mehmed V, first-hand observations of many interesting historical events, and fascinating insights concerning life in general from one of the greatest Turkish novelists. -- Jame N Tallon * The Middle Ground Journal *Table of ContentsForewordIntroductionMapsTimeline of Late Ottoman History Family Tree1. A New Court for a New Monarch2. Redoing the Palaces3. On Show4. The Imperial Household5. The Imperial Family6. Wedding Vows and Dueling Heirs7. Papers, Papers8. Mysterious Yıldız, Daunting Topkapı9. Coming to Call10. Royal Guests11. On Holiday12. Maneuvering, Touring13. No End to Crises14. Caught in the Vise15. Bringing Down the Curtain16. The Man Who Would Be SultanEpilogueGlossary of NamesGlossary of Terms and PlacesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThomas Sankara: A Revolutionary in Cold War Africa is one of the most fully realized biographies of a modern African politicalgure in recent years, and a striking portrayal not just of this fascinating and ultimately tragic states-man but of an entire political era on the continent. * New York Review of Books *This is an exemplary biography of an Africa president revered for his integrity and gift of inspired leadership. -- R. I. Rotberg, Harvard University * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Coming of Age in the Shadow of Colonialism, 1949-19662. Education of a Revolutionary, 1966-19733. A Rising Star: Soldiers and the Political Left, 1973-19824. From Political Prisoner to Populist Prime Minister, 1982-19835. The "Revolution of August 4" and the People's President6. "This Man Who Unsettles": Confronting the Neocolonial Order, 1983-19847. The Struggle for Unity, 1983-19848. "Daring to Invent the Future": Nation-Building and the Promise of Revolutionary Change, 1984-859. Politics is War and War is Politics: Sankara in the International Arena, 1984-198510. Revolutionary Duties and Perils, 1986-198711. No Turning Back: The Road to October 15, 1987ConclusionSelected BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewClaybourn has made Murr's essays into a handy new primary source for Lincoln studies—indeed, for all of early Indiana life. This book places Murr on par with Ida Tarbell, Jesse Weik, Walter Stevens, and Harvey Smith of that invaluable generation who collected original testimony that Herndon and others had missed. The liveliness of the recollections of the settlers Murr found will sustain our interest on each page, and for a long time to come. Bravo to Joshua Claybourn for resurrecting this information. -- James M. Cornelius, Editor, Journal of the Abraham Lincoln AssociationTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionPart I: The Wilderness YearsThomas Lincoln, Father of the PresidentNancy Hanks, Mother of LincolnBirth of Abraham LincolnKentucky ChildhoodPart II: Lincoln's Indiana YearsIndiana Uncle and CousinsLincoln's PovertyBoyhood AssociatesManners and Customs of Hoosier PioneersLincoln, A HoosierOne Fourth of Lincoln's Life Spent in IndianaThe Every-Day Life of LincolnLincoln's Honesty and TruthfulnessLincoln's Freedom from Bad HabitsChurch and ReligionYoung Lincoln on the StumpLincoln's Ambition to Become a River Pilot"Now He Belongs to the Ages"Leaving the Indiana WildernessDeath and Burial of Nancy Hanks LincolnPart III: Albert Beveridge CorrespondenceAppendix: Murr InformantsBibliography

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewClaybourn has made Murr's essays into a handy new primary source for Lincoln studies—indeed, for all of early Indiana life. This book places Murr on par with Ida Tarbell, Jesse Weik, Walter Stevens, and Harvey Smith of that invaluable generation who collected original testimony that Herndon and others had missed. The liveliness of the recollections of the settlers Murr found will sustain our interest on each page, and for a long time to come. Bravo to Joshua Claybourn for resurrecting this information. -- James M. Cornelius, Editor, Journal of the Abraham Lincoln AssociationTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionPart I: The Wilderness YearsThomas Lincoln, Father of the PresidentNancy Hanks, Mother of LincolnBirth of Abraham LincolnKentucky ChildhoodPart II: Lincoln's Indiana YearsIndiana Uncle and CousinsLincoln's PovertyBoyhood AssociatesManners and Customs of Hoosier PioneersLincoln, A HoosierOne Fourth of Lincoln's Life Spent in IndianaThe Every-Day Life of LincolnLincoln's Honesty and TruthfulnessLincoln's Freedom from Bad HabitsChurch and ReligionYoung Lincoln on the StumpLincoln's Ambition to Become a River Pilot"Now He Belongs to the Ages"Leaving the Indiana WildernessDeath and Burial of Nancy Hanks LincolnPart III: Albert Beveridge CorrespondenceAppendix: Murr InformantsBibliography

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Book SynopsisMemoir of an Indian diplomat that sheds light on a critical period in India's historyTrade Review. . . Singh's anecdotal memoirs are worthwhile for scholars of India and South Asian diplomacy. . . . Recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsContentsForeword by Strobe TalbottPreface: Prelude to HonorAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsPart I. A Look Back1. Memories of a Sunlit Land2. Born of the Same Womb: Pakistan3. India: The Journey from Nation to StatehoodPart II. Challenge and Response4. Pokhran II: The Implosion of Nuclear Apartheid5. Pokhran Looks East6. The Asian Two: India and ChinaPart III. Statecraft Is a Cruel Business7. Troubled Neighbor, Turbulent Times: 19998. Troubled Neighbor, Turbulent Times: 20019. Engaging the Natural Ally10. The Republican Innings11. Some AfterwordsAppendixesGlossaryIndex

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Book SynopsisThe first of a two-volume memoir, Between Two Millstones, Book 1 explores Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s exile from the Soviet Union and struggles to find a home in the West.Trade Review"Between Two Millstones is the name of the autobiography that picks up where The Oak and the Calf left off. . . . Published in Russian periodicals in the late 1990s and now translated into English, the book charts a striking transformation in how Western readers saw Solzhenitsyn, and how he, in turn, saw himself." —National Review“. . . we must be grateful for these sketches and the insight into the times that they offer, as well as the all-too-rare and occasional glimpses of the lovable man behind the publicly impenetrable mask.” —Chronicles“Solzhenitsyn remained a Russian patriot. His literary mission was the restoration of his homeland to a condition of liberty and flourishing that Leninist-Stalinism destroyed. This is the ultimate truth of the recently released English edition of Book 1 of Between Two Millstones, which is Solzhenitsyn’s account of his forced exile in the West in 1974.” —Law & Liberty“We can be thankful to the University of Notre Dame Press for publishing, late last year, Between Two Millstones, Book I: Sketches of Exile, 1974-1978, translated by Peter Constantine and with an introduction by the Solzhenitsyn scholar Daniel J. Mahoney. . . . Between Two Millstones is an entirely different category. While March 1917 is a crucial episode in the work that Solzhenitsyn relentlessly devoted himself to for decades of research and writing, the former is much more causal—not a journal, precisely, but full of incident.” —First Things“[Solzhenitsyn] is a writer with a necessarily solitary occupation, yet he is put upon by outside forces that feel to him as inexorable as Soviet oppression. . . . This will be enjoyed by serious readers of this author.” —San Francisco Book Review“Constantine’s formidable translation of the first volume of Solzhenitsyn’s memoir is a birth-centennial tribute to the great Russian writer. . . . This memoir is a timely and propitious antidote to the current perplexing world situation, which is marked by the rise of neo-Nazism, international wars, criminal activities on the part of governments, and callous disregard for the law and constitutional traditions.” —Choice“Between Two Milestones is a testament not only to the courage and clear-sightedness of Solzhenitsyn but also to the evils of the Soviet Union and the pathologies that still plague the West. . . . Insightful, surprisingly humorous at places, and always focused on those things that make life work living—family, God, culture, and one’s own country—Between Two Milestones illuminates the struggles one faces when living in the West and what one can make of it in this free but empty civilization.” —Voegelin View“[Solzhenitsyn] was a polymath, an able scientist, and mathematician who devoured literature in many languages. . . . For readers who seek to understand one of the pivotal geniuses of the 20th century, Between Two Millstones is a treasure.” —Claremont Review of Books"An engaging tale of Solzhenitsyn's initial exposure to Western ways." —Rain Taxi"Here we meet Solzhenitsyn the writer, a man searching for a quiet place to gather his thoughts, refine them, and put them on paper. . . . In this book above all others, perhaps, Solzhenitsyn shows how he subtly shifted the emphasis of Russian Orthodox Christianity toward a path of greater sobriety." —Society

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Book SynopsisThis book, much needed in our public discourse, examines some of the most significant political leaders in American history.With an eye on the elusive qualities of political greatness, this anthology considers the principles and practices of diverse political leaders who influenced the founding and development of the American experiment in self-government. Providing both breadth and depth, this work is a virtual who's who from the founding to modern times. From George Washington to Frederick Douglass and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to FDR and Ronald Reagan, the book's twenty-six chapters are thematically organized to include a brief biography of each subject, his or her historical context, and the core principles and policies that led to political success or failure. A final chapter considers the rhetorical legacy of Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump. Nearly all readers agree that statesmanship makes a crucial difference in the life of a nation anTrade Review“American Statesmanship informs readers without trying to give them a set of implausible directions. It shows the failures and successes of actual leaders. It connects their policies, character, and practices to broader questions of morality and prudence.” —James F. Pontuso, author of Nature’s Virtue"The elusive question of statesmanship—presidential, legislative, and judicial—is handled with thought-provoking originality by an impressive roster of experts in this important volume of essays. In an age in which, more than ever, we need statesmen (and stateswomen) of the caliber described in this collection, here is a book that will serve as both an inspiration and a guide." —Harold Holzer, author of The Presidents vs. the Press and winner of the Gilder-Lehrman Lincoln Prize"From Abraham Lincoln to Donald Trump, American Statesmanship is a kaleidoscope of the good, the bad, and the ugly and an examination of why, despite the evolution of statesmanship in America, we remain a 'House Divided.' This book is relevant and necessary at this time." —Frank J. Williams, former chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court and founding chair of the Lincoln ForumTable of ContentsIntroduction, Kenneth L. Deutsch 1. George Washington, Gary L. Gregg II 2. Benjamin Franklin , David Tucker 3. Publius, Sean D. Sutton 4. John Adams, Bruce P. Frohnen 5. Thomas Jefferson, Stephanie P. Newbold 6. John Marshall, Phillip G. Henderson 7. Alexander Hamilton, Michael P. Federici 8. Andrew Jackson, Troy L. Kickler 9. Daniel Webster, Johnathan O’Neill 10. John Calhoun, H. Lee Cheek 11. Henry Clay, Hans Schmeisser 12. Abraham Lincoln, Joseph R. Fornieri 13. Frederick Douglass, Peter C. Meyers 14. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Emily Krichbaum 15. Susan B. Anthony, Natalie Taylor 16. Theodore Roosevelt, Jean M. Yarbrough 17. Woodrow Wilson, Christopher Burkett 18. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Will Morrisey 19. Harry S. Truman, Elizabeth Spalding 20. Dwight David Eisenhower, Phillip G. Henderson 21. John F. Kennedy, Patrick J. Garrity 22. Martin Luther King, Giorgi Areshidze 23. Lyndon B. Johnson, William J. Atto 24. Richard Nixon, David Frisk 25. Ronald Reagan, Mark Blitz 26. Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump, Jeff Crouch, Mark J. Rozell

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“The expanded edition of Robert Schmuhl’s The Glory and the Burden is an urgent and necessary read for anyone craving context and understanding of the American presidency at a volatile time for U.S. democracy. If you’re asking yourself daily about why American politics and the presidency have become so troubled, this book is your answer." —Robert Costa, co-author of #1 New York Times best seller Peril and chief election and campaign correspondent for CBS News"Schmuhl brings a historian’s perspective while writing brightly with touches of humor. The Glory and the Burden plows new ground, making sense of what many dismiss as inexplicable." —Tom Bettag, executive producer for ABC News Nightline with Ted Koppel"This updated edition of Robert Schmuhl's study of America's presidents is, like the original work, a thoughtful, thorough, and incisive look at the nation's leaders. Schmuhl provides a refreshingly cogent analysis of the complex individuals who willingly undertake that impossible job. For anyone interested in American history, The Glory and the Burden is indispensable." —Julia Keller, Pulitzer Prize–winning author“In his new book The Glory and the Burden: The American Presidency from the New Deal to the Present, Expanded Edition, Robert Schmuhl casts a cold eye on the American political system and reveals some stunning insights. . . . The book is full of . . . perceptive observations. It is a must-read for all followers of politics this election season." —Irish VoiceTable of ContentsPreface to This Edition Prologue 1. Consequences of Change 2. Perils of Power 3. Paralysis of Polarization 4. Conundrums of Communications 5. Reveries of Reform 6. Presidency in Progress 7. The Paradoxical Present Epilogue A Chronology of the Modern American Presidency For Further Reading Acknowledgments

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