William Howard Taft: The Travails of a Progressive Conservative (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781107425132)

In this new biographical study of the only American ever to have been both President and Chief Justice of the United States, Jonathan Lurie reassesses William Howard Taft's multiple careers, which culminated in Taft's election to the presidency in 1908 as the chosen successor to Theodore Roosevelt. By 1912, however, the relationship between Taft and Roosevelt had ruptured. Lurie reexamines the Taft-Roosevelt friendship and concludes that it rested on flimsy ground. He also places Taft in a progressive context, taking Taft's own self-description as "a believer in progressive conservatism" as the starting point. At the end of his biography, Lurie concludes that this label is accurate when applied to Taft.

Author: Jonathan Lurie
ISBN-10: 1107425131
ISBN-13: 9781107425132
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/17/2014
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.53d