The William Howard Taft presidency / Lewis L. Gould.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:American presidency series.
Main Author: Gould, Lewis L.
Language:English
Published: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, 2009.
Series:American presidency series.
Subjects:
Taft, William H. > (William Howard), > 1857-1930.
United States > Politics and government > 1909-1913.
Physical Description:xv, 269 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • "The man of the hour" in 1908
  • Being his own king
  • The new president and his country
  • A substantial revision downward : the Payne Aldrich Tariff
  • The Ballinger Pinchot controversy
  • Taft, Knox, and dollar diplomacy
  • Taft and Congress, 1910
  • Taft, Roosevelt, and the 1910 election
  • Taft as administrator
  • Reciprocity, revolution, and arbitration
  • Toward a break with Roosevelt
  • "Roosevelt was my closest friend"
  • The 1912 campaign
  • Leaving the White House.