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 Theodore Roosevelt and the Politics of Power
G. Wallace Chessman
Poised at a strategic point in the emergence
of modern America, Theodore Roosevelt entered the White House just as the
twentieth century opened. Following a succession of weak presidents who proved
themselves incapable of dealing seriously with the novel problems and
responsibilities created by industrialization within the country and by
imperialism in the world outside its boundaries, Roosevelt was uniquely
qualified by training and personality to reverse the trend. His patrician
background, his education, and his grasp of the national and international
situations set him apart from the men he succeeded in Washington. His vigorous,
colorful, forceful personality attracted widespread public attention and deep
affection. As a result, he was able to face problems that his predecessors had
avoided. In matters like labor and conservation, Roosevelt established fruitful
precedents for the country. In others, diplomacy for instance, he made false
starts. But in any case, he illuminated the questions with which his successors
would have to deal. Legend, or near legend, Roosevelt dominated an era in
American life. An examination of his multiple careers throws light on the
problems of transition of the U.S. from the nineteenth to the twentieth century. $14.50 list, 214 pages 10-digit ISBN: 0-88133-795-1 13-digit ISBN: 978-0-88133-795-2 © 1969
Table of Contents
1. “I’ll Make My Body” 1858–1880 |