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Recarving Rushmore: Ranking the Presidents on Peace, Prosperity, and Liberty (Independent Studies in Political Economy)
Ivan Eland
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Description for Recarving Rushmore: Ranking the Presidents on Peace, Prosperity, and Liberty (Independent Studies in Political Economy)
Hardcover. Profiles presidents on the merits of their policies and on the core principles of peace, prosperity, and liberty. This book offers a system of ranking that is based on strength of policies and adherence to the Founding Father's guidelines for limited government. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 454.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Independent Institute
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Oakland, United States
ISBN
9781598130225
SKU
V9781598130225
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99-13
About Ivan Eland
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.
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