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Recarving Rushmore: Ranking the Presidents on Peace, Prosperity, and Liberty [Kietas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Hardback, 448 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 228x152x38 mm, weight: 789 g, Illustrations
  • Išleidimo metai: 09-Jan-2009
  • Leidėjas: Independent Institute,U.S.
  • ISBN-10: 1598130226
  • ISBN-13: 9781598130225
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  • Formatas: Hardback, 448 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 228x152x38 mm, weight: 789 g, Illustrations
  • Išleidimo metai: 09-Jan-2009
  • Leidėjas: Independent Institute,U.S.
  • ISBN-10: 1598130226
  • ISBN-13: 9781598130225
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Eland, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Peace & Liberty at the Independent Institute, takes a novel approach in evaluating each US President by grading their performance on their dedication to preserving the Constitution and promoting peace, prosperity and freedom through their policies. The author questions the inclusion of each figure on Mount Rushmore (Roosevelt was overrated in his opinion, and Lincoln actually provoked the Civil War) and chooses controversial placements for each executive along the liberal-conservative continuum (Nixon was actually liberal, and Clinton was more conservative than George W. Bush). History buffs will find these evaluations both challenging and entertaining, especially when it is revealed that the author picks Eisenhower and Carter as the best modern presidents. Distributed by Independent Publishers Group. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Profiling each president on the merits of their policies and on the core principles of peace, prosperity, and liberty, this ranking system takes a distinctly new approach. Historians and scholars have long tended to respect the war heroes and men who have succeeded in expanding the power of the executive office. However, this new examination cuts through longstanding bias and political rhetoric to offer a new nonpartisan system of ranking that is based purely on strength of policies and adherence to the Founding Father’s guidelines for limited government. These rankings will surprise most and enlighten even acknowledged experts on the presidency.

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Commended for Independent Publisher Book Awards (Reference) 2010.
Introduction 1(18)
A Precedent-Setting Presidency---Both Good and Bad
19(6)
George Washington
Used the Quasi-War with France to Restrict Civil Liberties
25(5)
John Adams
A Hypocrite on Limited Government
30(8)
Thomas Jefferson
Started an Unneeded War That Got the U.S. Capital Burned
38(12)
James Madison
The First Wisps of Permanent Government Expansion
50(5)
James Monroe
A Federalist Wearing a Democrat's Clothes
55(5)
John Quincy Adams
Aggressive against Indians and Southerners
60(10)
Andrew Jackson
Practiced What He Preached
70(6)
Martin Van Buren
Served for Thirty-one Days
76(1)
William Henry Harrison
``...and Tyler Too!''
77(6)
John Tyler
War for Land to Carry Out Aggressive Manifest Destiny
83(9)
James K. Polk
Risked Civil War Years before It Happened
92(4)
Zachary Taylor
Avoided an Earlier Civil War, but at a Cost
96(5)
Millard Fillmore
Made Civil War More Likely
101(5)
Franklin Pierce
Should Have Let the South Go in Peace
106(10)
James Buchanan
Provoked a Catastrophic Civil War That Achieved Far Less Than Believed
116(15)
Abraham Lincoln
Uncompromising Attitude Led to Harsh Reconstruction Policies
131(8)
Andrew Johnson
Better Than Expected, but Still Poor
139(11)
Ulysses S. Grant
Practiced Military Restraint, Except with Indians
150(7)
Rutherford B. Hayes
Served for Six Months
157(1)
James A. Garfield
Promoted Limited Government and Fought Inflation
158(5)
Chester A. Arthur
Exemplar of Honesty and Limited Government
163(9)
Grover Cleveland
Bad Economics and the Use of Coercion at Home and Abroad
172(5)
Benjamin Harrison
Served a Second, Nonconsecutive Term
177(1)
Grover Cleveland
The First Modern President, with Imperialist Aspirations
178(9)
William Mckinley
Overrated in Accomplishments and Significance
187(19)
Theodore Roosevelt
Not a Hefty Policy Innovator
206(6)
William Howard Taft
Made the World Safe for War, Autocracy, and Colonialism
212(18)
Woodrow Wilson
Scandals Masked a Good Presidency
230(6)
Warren G. Harding
Silent Cal's Presidency Should Silence the Critics
236(6)
Calvin Coolidge
Sucked the Economy into the Great Depression
242(6)
Herbert Hoover
Lied the Nation into War and Expanded Government
248(19)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The First Imperial President
267(19)
Harry S. Truman
Overt Dove and Covert Hawk
286(13)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Almost Incinerated the World So as Not to Appear Weak
299(13)
John F. Kennedy
A Failure with Both Guns and Butter
312(12)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Undermined the Republic at Home; Had a Mixed Record Abroad
324(11)
Richard M. Nixon
Pardon Me!
335(9)
Gerald R. Ford
The Best Modern President
344(15)
James Earl Carter, Jr.
Not Really That Conservative
359(13)
Ronald Reagan
``Read My Lips,'' No Real Accomplishments
372(10)
George H. W. Bush
More Fiscally Conservative Than Reagan and the Bushes
382(19)
William J. Clinton
Aggressive Policies Undermined the Republic at Home and Peace Abroad
401(26)
George W. Bush
Conclusion 427(4)
Notes 431(28)
Index 459(26)
About the Author 485
Ivan Eland is a senior fellow and director of the Center on Peace & Liberty at The Independent Institute. A leading expert on defense issues, he is a frequent guest on ABC, NPR, CNN, Fox News and the BBC, and is the author of The Empire Has No Clothes. He lives in Washington, DC.