1912

Zusatztext "A brisk! consistently entertaining narrative that is alive both to politics and personality." -- Michael Kazin! Washington Post Book World Informationen zum Autor James Chace was the Paul W. Williams Professor of Government and Public Law at Bard College. The former managing editor of Foreign Affairs and the author of eight previous books, most recently Acheson, he passed away in October 2004. Klappentext Chace spotlights the dazzling political circus of the hard-fought election of 1912 between Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson--a defining moment in American history that forever transformed the nation's political landscape. Zusammenfassung Beginning with former president Theodore Roosevelt's return in 1910 from his African safari! Chace brilliantly unfolds a dazzling political circus that featured four extraordinary candidates. When Roosevelt failed to defeat his chosen successor! William Howard Taft! for the Republican nomination! he ran as a radical reformer on the Bull Moose ticket. Meanwhile! Woodrow Wilson! the ex-president of Princeton! astonished everyone by seizing the Democratic nomination from the bosses who had made him New Jersey's governor. Most revealing of the reformist spirit sweeping the land was the charismatic socialist Eugene Debs! who polled an unprecedented one million votes. Wilson's accidental election had lasting impact on America and the world. The broken friendship between Taft and TR inflicted wounds on the Republican Party that have never healed! and the party passed into the hands of a conservative ascendancy that reached its fullness under Reagan and George W. Bush. Wilson's victory imbued the Democratic Party with a progressive idealism later incarnated in FDR! Truman! and LBJ. 1912 changed America. Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsPrologue: The Defining MomentPart One: America's DestinyOne: "Back from Elba"Two: "The Ruthlessness of the Pure in Heart"Three: The Heirs of Hamilton and JeffersonFour: The Debs RebellionPart Two: Chicago and BaltimoreFive: "Stripped to the Buff"Six: "A Rope of Sand"Seven: Standing at ArmageddonEight: The Fullness of TimeNine: BaltimoreTen: The Indispensable ManEleven: To Make a Revolution: Debs and HaywoodPart Three: The ContendersTwelve: The New Freedom vs. the New NationalismThirteen: The CrusaderFourteen: The MoralistFifteen: The Authentic Conservative and the Red ProphetSixteen: "To Kill a Bull Moose"Part Four: The Consequences of VictorySeventeen: The Ironies of FateEighteen: EndgamesEpilogue: The InheritorsNotesBibliographical NoteAcknowledgmentsIndex...

Autorentext
James Chace was the Paul W. Williams Professor of Government and Public Law at Bard College. The former managing editor of Foreign Affairs and the author of eight previous books, most recently Acheson, he passed away in October 2004.

Klappentext
Chace spotlights the dazzling political circus of the hard-fought election of 1912 between Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson--a defining moment in American history that forever transformed the nation's political landscape.

Zusammenfassung
Beginning with former president Theodore Roosevelt’s return in 1910 from his African safari, Chace brilliantly unfolds a dazzling political circus that featured four extraordinary candidates.

When Roosevelt failed to defeat his chosen successor, William Howard Taft, for the Republican nomination, he ran as a radical reformer on the Bull Moose ticket. Meanwhile, Woodrow Wilson, the ex-president of Princeton, astonished everyone by seizing the Democratic nomination from the bosses who had made him New Jersey’s governor. Most revealing of the reformist spirit sweeping the land was the charismatic socialist Eugene Debs, who polled an unprecedented one million votes.

Wilson’s “accidental” election had lasting impact on America and the world. The broken friendship between Taft and TR inflicted wounds on the Republican Party that have never healed, and the party passed into the hands of a conservative ascendancy that reached its fullness under Reagan and George W. Bush. Wilson’s victory imbued the Democratic Party with a progressive idealism later incarnated in FDR, Truman, and LBJ.

1912 changed America.

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Contents

Prologue: The Defining Moment

Part One: America's Destiny

One: "Back from Elba"

Two: "The Ruthlessness of the Pure in Heart"

Three: The Heirs of Hamilton and Jefferson

Four: The Debs Rebellion

Part Two: Chicago and Baltimore

Five: "Stripped to the Buff"

Six: "A Rope of Sand"

Seven: Standing at Armageddon

Eight: The Fullness of Time

Nine: Baltimore

Ten: The Indispensable Man

Eleven: To Make a Revolution: Debs and Haywood

Part Three: The Contenders

Twelve: The New Freedom vs. the New Nationalism

Thirteen: The Crusader

Fourteen: The Moralist

Fifteen: The Authentic Conservative and the Red Prophet

Sixteen: "To Kill a Bull Moose"

Part Four: The Consequences of Victory

Seventeen: The Ironies of Fate

Eighteen: Endgames

Epilogue: The Inheritors

Notes

Bibliographical Note

Acknowledgments

Index

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