The Republican Roosevelt - Softcover

Blum, John Morton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0674763025 ISBN 13: 9780674763029

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1977

Synopsis

This is a book about politics and politicians; about elections, lawmaking, governing, and how they work. It is also about power, its increasing concentration in American society, and its implications at home and abroad especially for those who exercise it. It is a book about the Republican Party during the period in which it developed the forces and frictions which still characterize it today. Finally, it is a book about a remarkably successful and vibrant man who contained within himself much of the best and the worst of his environment, who contributed generously to American life, who knew in his time disappointment, temptation, and pain, but also glory; a man remembered most by his intimates for the “fun of him.”

The author is in an enviable position to assess these matters. During five years as Associate Editor of The Letters of Theodore Roosevelt, he read and studied all TR's letters as well as all his published works, and delved deeply into the relevant literature of the period, including the vast material in the Congressional Record. From this rich store, John Morton Blum has drawn a new interpretation of Roosevelt the conservative, Roosevelt the professional Republican politician and Roosevelt the leader of men. He presents new material on Roosevelt's work as the manager of the Republican Party and as manager of Congress. He relates Roosevelt's roles in these situations to his conduct of foreign policy―a foreign policy so anticipatory of that of contemporary America―and to his Progressiveness―a doctrine of government with strong affinities to both the New Deal and the New Crusade.

About this title

About the Author

John Morton Blum was Professor of History at Yale University.

Review

“A first-class interpretation of Roosevelt the politician, Roosevelt as he managed Congress, Roosevelt at the helm of our foreign affairs, and in the numerous other roles in which he achieved his great successes.”―San Francisco Chronicle

“The Republican Roosevelt offers a fresh, well-written biographical treatment of one of the most arresting figures of modern American life.”―New York Times Book Review

“Professor John Morton Blum...in an exciting, able, and provocative essay seeks to explain Roosevelt and to fix for him a more determined place in history...With learning, sympathy, understanding, and humor and from a remarkable point of vantage as an associate editor of The Letters of Theodore Roosevelt, Mr. Blum has come up with a very important book.”―American Historical Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0674763025
• ISBN 13: 9780674763029
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 192