Recarving Rushmore - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Recarving Rushmore write by Ivan Eland. This book was released on 2009. Recarving Rushmore available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Profiling each president on the merits of their policies and on the core principles of peace, prosperity, and liberty, this ranking system takes a distinctly new approach. Historians and scholars have long tended to respect the war heroes and men who have succeeded in expanding the power of the executive office. However, this new examination cuts through longstanding bias and political rhetoric to offer a new nonpartisan system of ranking that is based purely on strength of policies and adherence to the Founding Father's guidelines for limited government. These rankings will surprise most and enlighten even acknowledged experts on the presidency."--Publisher's description.
The Carving of Mount Rushmore
The Carving of Mount Rushmore - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Carving of Mount Rushmore write by Rex Alan Smith. This book was released on 2011-10-18. The Carving of Mount Rushmore available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The first book to tell the complete story of Rushmore. "I had seen the photographs and the drawings of this great work. And yet, until about ten minutes ago I had no conception of its magnitude, its permanent beauty and its importance." —Franklin Delano Roosevelt, upon first viewing Mount Rushmore, August 30, 1936 Now in paperback, The Carving of Mount Rushmore tells the complete story of the largest and certainly the most spectacular sculpture in existence. More than 60 black-and-white photographs offer unique views of this gargantuan effort, and author Rex Alan Smith—a man born and raised within sight of Rushmore—recounts with the sensitivity of a native son the ongoing struggles of sculptor Gutzon Borglum and his workers.
Rating the Presidents
Rating the Presidents - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rating the Presidents write by William J. Ridings. This book was released on 1997. Rating the Presidents available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Based on a wide-ranging poll of 719 historians and political scientists, this book ranks all the U.S. presidents in order of their influence and importance. From the best-rated president (Lincoln) to the worst-rated (Harding), the authors analyze the high and low points of each Chief Executive's term.
Eleven Presidents
Eleven Presidents - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Eleven Presidents write by Ivan Eland. This book was released on 2017-11-01. Eleven Presidents available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Presidents who claimed to limit government often actually did the opposite. History often looks unfavorably on presidents who may have actually contributed smart and important policies. Were Harding and Coolidge really as ineffective as their reputations maintain? Did Hoover not do enough to end the Depression? Was Reagan a true champion of small-government conservatism? We all know that the American president is one of the most powerful people in the world. But to understand the presidency today we often have to learn from the past. Author Ivan Eland offers a new perspective in Eleven Presidents on the evolution of the executive office by exploring the policies of eleven key presidents who held office over the last one hundred years: Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush. The book combines an exploration of how political currents shape historical legacies with an in-depth analysis of presidents' actual policies. An important, revealing book about the presidency, legacy, and the formation of history, Eleven Presidents is essential reading for understanding the American presidency.
War and the Rogue Presidency
War and the Rogue Presidency - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook War and the Rogue Presidency write by Ivan Eland. This book was released on 2018-12-01. War and the Rogue Presidency available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Office of the President of the U.S. isn't what it used to be—it has morphed into an overgrown beast. So says presidential scholar Ivan Eland in his landmark new book War and the Rogue Presidency: Restoring the Republic after Congressional Failure. The presidency no longer simply enforces the laws passed by Congress but literally dominates American political life. Its vast bureaucracy is flush with cash and wields powers never authorized by the Framers. But who do we have to thank for this distortion of the Constitution? Congress. The presidency, says Eland, isn't inherently imperial. It's contingently imperial. Particularly when wars loom and Congress refuses to forestall our engagement in them—with inevitable consequences. But wars also lead to massive domestic government interference. In sum, liberals, conservatives, independents—anybody concerned for personal liberties and good governance—should read this pathbreaking book and grapple with its implications.
