Author: Daniel D. Stid
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
A political scientist who went on to become president, Woodrow Wilson envisioned a "responsible government" in which a strong leader and principled party would integrate the separate executive and legislative powers. His ideal, however, was constantly challenged by political reality. Daniel Stid explores the evolution of Wilson's views on this form of government and his endeavors as a statesman to establish it in the United States. The author looks over Professor and then President Wilson's shoulder as he grappled with the constitutional separation of powers, demonstrating the importance of this effort for American political thought and history. Although Wilson is generally viewed as an unstinting and effective opponent of the separation of powers, the author reveals an ambivalent statesman who accommodated the Founders' logic. This book challenges both the traditional and revisionist views of Woodrow Wilson by documenting the moderation of his statesmanship and the resilience of the separation of powers. In doing so, it sheds new light on American political development from Wilson's day to our own. Throughout the twentieth century, political scientists and public officials have called for constitutional changes and political reforms that were originally proposed by Wilson. By reexamining the dilemmas presented by Wilson's program, Stid invites a reconsideration of both the expectations we place on the presidency and the possibilities of leadership in the Founders' system. The President as Statesman contributes significantly to ongoing debates over Wilson's legacy and raises important questions about the nature of presidential leadership at a time when this issue is at the forefront of public consciousness.
The President as Statesman
Author: Daniel D. Stid
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
A political scientist who went on to become president, Woodrow Wilson envisioned a "responsible government" in which a strong leader and principled party would integrate the separate executive and legislative powers. His ideal, however, was constantly challenged by political reality. Daniel Stid explores the evolution of Wilson's views on this form of government and his endeavors as a statesman to establish it in the United States. The author looks over Professor and then President Wilson's shoulder as he grappled with the constitutional separation of powers, demonstrating the importance of this effort for American political thought and history. Although Wilson is generally viewed as an unstinting and effective opponent of the separation of powers, the author reveals an ambivalent statesman who accommodated the Founders' logic. This book challenges both the traditional and revisionist views of Woodrow Wilson by documenting the moderation of his statesmanship and the resilience of the separation of powers. In doing so, it sheds new light on American political development from Wilson's day to our own. Throughout the twentieth century, political scientists and public officials have called for constitutional changes and political reforms that were originally proposed by Wilson. By reexamining the dilemmas presented by Wilson's program, Stid invites a reconsideration of both the expectations we place on the presidency and the possibilities of leadership in the Founders' system. The President as Statesman contributes significantly to ongoing debates over Wilson's legacy and raises important questions about the nature of presidential leadership at a time when this issue is at the forefront of public consciousness.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
A political scientist who went on to become president, Woodrow Wilson envisioned a "responsible government" in which a strong leader and principled party would integrate the separate executive and legislative powers. His ideal, however, was constantly challenged by political reality. Daniel Stid explores the evolution of Wilson's views on this form of government and his endeavors as a statesman to establish it in the United States. The author looks over Professor and then President Wilson's shoulder as he grappled with the constitutional separation of powers, demonstrating the importance of this effort for American political thought and history. Although Wilson is generally viewed as an unstinting and effective opponent of the separation of powers, the author reveals an ambivalent statesman who accommodated the Founders' logic. This book challenges both the traditional and revisionist views of Woodrow Wilson by documenting the moderation of his statesmanship and the resilience of the separation of powers. In doing so, it sheds new light on American political development from Wilson's day to our own. Throughout the twentieth century, political scientists and public officials have called for constitutional changes and political reforms that were originally proposed by Wilson. By reexamining the dilemmas presented by Wilson's program, Stid invites a reconsideration of both the expectations we place on the presidency and the possibilities of leadership in the Founders' system. The President as Statesman contributes significantly to ongoing debates over Wilson's legacy and raises important questions about the nature of presidential leadership at a time when this issue is at the forefront of public consciousness.
Woodrow Wilson, World Statesman
Author: Kendrick A. Clements
Publisher: Twayne Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
In this comprehensive biography, Kendrick Clements examines the brilliant successes as well as the failures of Wilson's public career as professor, president of Princeton University, governor of New Jersey, and president. The best available one-volume biography of our twenty-eighth president. --History
Publisher: Twayne Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
In this comprehensive biography, Kendrick Clements examines the brilliant successes as well as the failures of Wilson's public career as professor, president of Princeton University, governor of New Jersey, and president. The best available one-volume biography of our twenty-eighth president. --History
President Lincoln
Author: William Lee Miller
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1400034167
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
In his acclaimed book Lincoln's Virtues, William Lee Miller explored Abraham Lincoln's intellectual and moral development. Now he completes his "ethical biography," showing how the amiable and inexperienced backcountry politician was transformed by constitutional alchemy into an oath-bound head of state. Faced with a radical moral contradiction left by the nation's Founders, Lincoln struggled to find a balance between the universal ideals of Equality and Liberty and the monstrous injustice of human slavery. With wit and penetrating sensitivity, Miller brings together the great themes that have become Lincoln's legacy—preserving the United States of America while ending the odious institution that corrupted the nation's meaning—and illuminates his remarkable presidential combination: indomitable resolve and supreme magnanimity.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1400034167
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
In his acclaimed book Lincoln's Virtues, William Lee Miller explored Abraham Lincoln's intellectual and moral development. Now he completes his "ethical biography," showing how the amiable and inexperienced backcountry politician was transformed by constitutional alchemy into an oath-bound head of state. Faced with a radical moral contradiction left by the nation's Founders, Lincoln struggled to find a balance between the universal ideals of Equality and Liberty and the monstrous injustice of human slavery. With wit and penetrating sensitivity, Miller brings together the great themes that have become Lincoln's legacy—preserving the United States of America while ending the odious institution that corrupted the nation's meaning—and illuminates his remarkable presidential combination: indomitable resolve and supreme magnanimity.
The American Statesman
Author: Andrew White Young
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 1066
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 1066
Book Description
Henry Clay
Author: Robert Vincent Remini
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393310887
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 884
Book Description
"Great biography leaves an indelible view of the subject. After Remini's masterful portrait, Clay is unforgettable." --Donald B. Cole, Newsday
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393310887
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 884
Book Description
"Great biography leaves an indelible view of the subject. After Remini's masterful portrait, Clay is unforgettable." --Donald B. Cole, Newsday
The Statesman's Manual
Author: United States. President
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
The Statesman's Manual
George Washington, Patriot, Soldier, Statesman, First President of the United States
Author: James Albert Harrison
Publisher:
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Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
The Statesman's Manual
Author: United States. President
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 812
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 812
Book Description
The Statesman's Manual
Author: United States. President
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description