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The Presidency of Thomas Jefferson (American Presidency Series)
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by Forrest McDonald
Sales Rank: 544641
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Cover Type: Hard Cover with 216 pages
Published by: University Press of Kansas July 1976
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0700601473
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0700601479
Book Dimensions:
9.4 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
Weighs: 1.1 pounds
Presidential Studies Quarterly
"A vigorous reexamination of a familiar figure by a scholar who writes with verve and conviction."
Journal of Southern History
"This fast-moving, boldly stated account challenges much of current scholarship on Jefferson's presidency."
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This review is from: The Presidency of Thomas Jefferson (Paperback)
Forrest McDonald has produced a succinct, penetrating and fascinating history of Thomas Jefferson's Administration. This book is part of the Univ. of Kansas' history of the presidency series and the second effort from McDonald (he wrote a wonderful history of Washington's Administration). This book is about the policies, international relations, politics and style of America's third chief executive. Running at less than 200 pages, McDonald manages to be both thorough and interesting in his telling of this period. Jefferson and his Administration produced wonderful contradictions. His party espoused a "Republican" philosophy that basically wanted to liberate Americans from Hamilton's financial system and Adam's heavy handedness as witnessed by the Alien and Sedition Acts. Jefferson's early term saw him implement much of his program. As McDonald points out, few if any other Presidents have had their way so successfully with Congress. Jefferson also added greatly to the US through the Louisianna Purchase, despite his concerns with the Constitutionality of the aquisition. Jefferson and his Administration reached rough shoals in foreign affairs. Blinded by anti-British sentiment, the Administration prooved less than adroit at negotiating the position between Napolean and England. America was buffetted by this struggle and it reverberated back on our domestic situation. Suddenly, Jefferson's first term accomplishments became liabilities and were revealed as short sighted. The scheduled reduction of America's debt through the slashing of the Navy budget left us without the ability to challenge foreign powers. The abolition of Hamilton's system of internal revenues that left us entirely dependent upon tarriffs and thereby upon the grace of the British (who had the ability to determine how much trade our country could enjoy)for government revenue. In the most surprising irony, Jefferson -- who had decried Adams and his anti-liberal legislation (Alien and Sedition Acts) would go much farther than Adams in restricting liberties and in executive arrogance through his Embargo Acts and various executive orders designed to limit trade with the European powers. This is a fascinating story well told. Besides the policies, McDonald gives insight as to how Jefferson governed, his relations with Congress and the Judiciary as well as the toll of the office on the man himself. A good book.
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