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Robert A. Taft
Wunderlin, Clarence E., Jr.
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Paperback. Series: Biographies in American Foreign Policy. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 164 x 16. Weight in Grams: 349.
Robert A. Taft, the son of president and chief justice William H. Taft, is one of twentieth-century America's most prominent conservative legislators. Elected into office ten months before the outbreak of the Second World War, Taft quickly established himself as a leader among the anti-interventionists, fervently supporting legislation intended to keep the nation from engaging in another international war. In the years following the war, Taft embraced balance-of-power theories that he had belittled in earlier years, and his political arguments fell increasingly within the framework of anti-communism. First and foremost a consummate politician, Taft viewed the Republican party as the ... Read more
Robert A. Taft, the son of president and chief justice William H. Taft, is one of twentieth-century America's most prominent conservative legislators. Elected into office ten months before the outbreak of the Second World War, Taft quickly established himself as a leader among the anti-interventionists, fervently supporting legislation intended to keep the nation from engaging in another international war. In the years following the war, Taft embraced balance-of-power theories that he had belittled in earlier years, and his political arguments fell increasingly within the framework of anti-communism. First and foremost a consummate politician, Taft viewed the Republican party as the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
Biographies in American Foreign Policy
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742544901
SKU
V9780742544901
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About Wunderlin, Clarence E., Jr.
Clarence E. Wunderlin, Jr., is associate professor of history at Kent State University and director of the Papers of Robert A. Taft.
Reviews for Robert A. Taft
In 1957 the United States Senate named the late Republican Majority Leader Robert A. Taft as one of the five most outstanding members ever to serve in that body. Clarence Wunderlin has applied his unexcelled command of Taft's vast documentary record to produce an engaging biography amply confirming the continuing appropriateness of the Senate's mid-century judgment.
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