Theodore Roosevelt
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Theodore Roosevelt

Preacher of Righteousness

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Theodore Roosevelt

Preacher of Righteousness

About this book

An exploration of Roosevelt’s political thought and the impact of his legacy on modern America

"Hawley has pieced together an interesting interpretation of Theodore Roosevelt"—Choice

Often dismissed by scholars as an opportunistic politician whose ideas lacked historical import, Theodore Roosevelt has been underestimated as a thinker. But to disdain Roosevelt’s politics is to overlook his important and lasting contributions to the shape of modern America, says the author of this compelling study of the 26th president of the United States. Senator Joshua Hawley examines Roosevelt’s political thought more deeply than ever before to arrive at a fully revised understanding of his legacy: Roosevelt galvanized a twenty-year period of national reform that permanently altered American politics and Americans’ expectations for government, social progress, and presidents.

The book explores the historical context of Theodore Roosevelt’s politics, its intellectual sources, its practice, and its effect on his era and our own. Hawley finds that Roosevelt developed a coherent political science centered on the theme of righteousness, and this “warrior republicanism” was what made the progressive era possible. The debates of Roosevelt’s era were driven largely by his ideas, and from those debates emerged the grammar of our contemporary politics. Casting new light on the fertility and breadth of Roosevelt’s thought, Hawley reveals the full extent of his achievement in twentieth-century intellectual history.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Foreword
  3. Preface
  4. 1. In the Father’s House
  5. 2. A Small, Ornithological Boy
  6. 3. Race and Destiny
  7. 4. The Code of a Warrior
  8. 5. Apostle of Expansion
  9. 6. The Fate of Coming Years
  10. 7. Master-Spirit
  11. 8. Warrior Republicanism
  12. 9. The Progress of a Progressive
  13. 10. A Prophet’s Return
  14. 11. Battle for the Lord
  15. 12. The Valley of Vision
  16. Epilogue
  17. Author’s Note
  18. Notes
  19. Index