The Presidency of Theodore RooseveltUniversity Press of Kansas, 1991 - 355 pages Theodore Roosevelt was hearty, frank, freindly, and bold - a president so popular that many Americans believed they knew him personally. Through the force of his personality and excitement of his adventuring, he wove the presidency into the fabric of daily life as no other president had done. Nearly a century later he is remembered as the most colourful chief executive. |
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... interests of the country I intend to pursue , cautiously but steadily , the course to which I have been publicly ... interest . Roosevelt understood that a do - nothing policy toward corporations would leave the political initiative ...
... interests of the country I intend to pursue , cautiously but steadily , the course to which I have been publicly ... interest . Roosevelt understood that a do - nothing policy toward corporations would leave the political initiative ...
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... interests and those of the British after 1898. Relations with Germany suffered as a consequence . The Germans hoped to ... interest . Other Euro- pean powers experienced similar treatment . By the end of 1901 , Ger- many was considering ...
... interests and those of the British after 1898. Relations with Germany suffered as a consequence . The Germans hoped to ... interest . Other Euro- pean powers experienced similar treatment . By the end of 1901 , Ger- many was considering ...
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... interest seemed attractive . And there were few other potential mediators who could be as appealing to both sides as was the leader of the United States . An early opportunity to show his desire to be a peacemaker came at the beginning ...
... interest seemed attractive . And there were few other potential mediators who could be as appealing to both sides as was the leader of the United States . An early opportunity to show his desire to be a peacemaker came at the beginning ...
Contents
Keeping the Left Center Together | 225 |
We Were at Absolute Peace | 251 |
There Is No One Like Theodore | 271 |
Copyright | |
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