
- 336 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
An exploration of Rooseveltâs political thought and the impact of his legacy on modern America
"Hawley has pieced together an interesting interpretation of Theodore Roosevelt"âChoice
Often dismissed by scholars as an opportunistic politician whose ideas lacked historical import, Theodore Roosevelt has been underestimated as a thinker. But to disdain Rooseveltâs 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 Rooseveltâs 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 Americansâ expectations for government, social progress, and presidents.
The book explores the historical context of Theodore Rooseveltâs 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 âwarrior republicanismâ was what made the progressive era possible. The debates of Rooseveltâs 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 Rooseveltâs thought, Hawley reveals the full extent of his achievement in twentieth-century intellectual history.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1. In the Fatherâs House
- 2. A Small, Ornithological Boy
- 3. Race and Destiny
- 4. The Code of a Warrior
- 5. Apostle of Expansion
- 6. The Fate of Coming Years
- 7. Master-Spirit
- 8. Warrior Republicanism
- 9. The Progress of a Progressive
- 10. A Prophetâs Return
- 11. Battle for the Lord
- 12. The Valley of Vision
- Epilogue
- Authorâs Note
- Notes
- Index