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Religion and the Bush Presidency
Edited by Mark Rozell and Gleaves Whitney
(Palgrave Macmillan, August 2007)
George W. Bush has invited more analysis and controversy over the impact of religion on his presidency than perhaps any chief executive of the modern era. Opinion on Bush's religiosity is intensely divisive, with conservative evangelicals seeing him as a man of deep faith and principles and at the same time many progressives seeing the president as almost dangerously fanatical. This volume is a scholarly review and analysis of the role of religion in the Bush presidency. It is divided into two sections of essays by leading scholars: The first examines the impact of various religious voting groups to the 2004 presidential campaign. The second reviews and assesses the impact of religion on the policies of the George W. Bush presidency.
This book began in November 2004, with a pathbreaking conference sponsored by the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies at Grand Valley State University.
Reviews:
"When morality slips in the American presidency, the religion factor inevitably kicks in. The editors of this readable volume assemble a wide-range of talented historians and social scientists to assess this issue in the presidency of George W. Bush. The empirical data sets the standard for serious discussion of religion in contemporary America. Highly recommended."
--William D. Pederson, American Studies Endowed Chair, Louisiana State University in Shreveport
"The Politics of the Bush Era cannot be understood without a thorough understanding of the place religion plays in our culture, how it drives voter behavior, and how it informs the administration. Much heat has been generated over the topic, but Rozell and Whitney bring valuable light to the major divisions in our culture and the most interesting policies of the last few years in Washington."
--Gary L. Gregg II, Ph.D., Mitch McConnell Chair in Leadership, University of Louisville
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Religion and the American Presidency
Edited by Mark Rozell and Gleaves Whitney
(Palgrave Macmillan, May 2007)
This volume opens a new avenue toward understanding the politics and policies of many U.S. presidents. For years, leading scholars have largely ignored the religious factor in their studies of presidents. Yet, as the essays in this book reveal, religion has had an enormous impact on many critical presidencies in U.S. history. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, these essays reveal the deeply religious side to such presidents as Truman, Eisenhower, and Reagan, among others.
This book began in November 2004, with a pathbreaking conference sponsored by the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies at Grand Valley State University.
Reviews:
"A commitment to religion has persisted across American history regardless of whether the president was a Federalist like Washington, a Jeffersonian like Madison, a Republican like Lincoln, Eisenhower, and Reagan, or a Democrat like Truman, Carter, and Clinton. Religion and the American Presidency is a scholarly benchmark in the presidency studies, and a pioneering new perspective on the highest office in the land. Students of the historical presidency, sociologists of religion, and all people of faith will thoroughly enjoy reading the essays in this volume. Thank you, Professors Rozell and Whitney"
--Raymond Tatalovich, Professor of Political Science, Loyola University Chicago
"There's no better place to explore the intersection between religion and the presidency than in this collection of fascinating case studies of American presidents. Its readability, scholarship, and balance should appeal to a broad audience of scholars, students, and the general public."
--William D. Pederson, American Studies Endowed Chair, Louisiana State University in Shreveport
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Intelligence Was My Line:
Inside Eisenhower's Other Command
By Ralph Hauenstein and Donald Markle
(Hippocrene, July 2005)
When Ralph Hauenstein became a reserve officer, he thought the skills he'd gained as a newspaperman might be useful. Indeed, he spent World War II gathering information from sources as diverse as soldiers reluctantly reporting on one another and code books pulled from downed German planes. The story of Colonel Hauenstein's war is also the story of the European Theater of U.S. Operations, the American command of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, who spun between ETOUSA and his international position at Allied headquarters, SHAEF, with dizzying speed. SHAEF dominates histories of the time; ETOUSA is comparatively little studied and understood, but as Hauenstein explains, it was a major factor in the Allied victory in Europe. Donald Markle shapes Ralph Hauenstein's remembrances into an informative, entertaining book that will spark debate among history buffs.
Reviews:
"Ralph Hauenstein and his writer Donald Markle have created a masterful and insightful look into a vital part of our American history and the society it has created."
--Karl W. Abt, author of A Few Who Made a Difference
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American Presidents:
Farewell Messages to the Nation, 1796-2001
Edited by Gleaves Whitney
(Lexington, December 2002)
This unique volume collects presidential exaugural addresses from the time of Washington to the time of Clinton. A hybrid of literary masterpiece and historical document, each speech reveals its orator's ideals for the government of our nation. Washington warns against entangling alliances; Eisenhower voices his fears of the military-industrial complex; Reagan leaves office with an emotional call for the remembrance of American history in service of informed patriotism. Each leader imparts his final message in the form of a political or moral lesson -- or, in some cases, prophecy. Read consecutively from president to president, the messages form a wonderfully American conversation. This conversation invokes ordered liberty, self-government under the rule of law, and the nation's special destiny in human history, and it transcends partisan politics.
The volume is prefaced by a detailed introduction discussing the importance of the valedictory address and the power of presidential rhetoric, and each speech is preceded by a brief contextualizing statement. In the last official words of each president, readers will find cautions, hopes, and suggestions relevant for today's world and future generations. American Presidents is an invaluable reference, especially for scholars of the presidency, but also for anyone interested in the history, politics, and culture of the United States. |
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