The presidency of Ulysses S. Grant /
"This is the 36th volume in the American Presidency Series; it covers the two-term (1868-1877) controversial presidency of Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885). While several biographies of Grant have appeared in recent years, there has been no scholarly work on Grant's presidency since the 1930s....
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| Language: | English |
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Lawrence, Kansas :
University Press of Kansas,
2017
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| Series: | American presidency series.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction: War in Peace; Prologue: A Troubled Nation; 1. Political Apprenticeship; 2. â#x80;#x9C;Let Us Have Peaceâ#x80;#x9D;; 3. Grant Takes Command; 4. Reconstruction: Consummation without Closure; 5. Reconstructing the Nationâ#x80;#x99;s Finances; 6. Brush with Disaster: The New York Gold Corner Conspiracy; 7. Reconstructing American Foreign Policy; 8. Revolt in Cuba; 9. The Gate to the Caribbean Sea; 10. The Battle of Santo Domingo; 11. Launching the Peace Policy; 12. Reform and Revolt; 13. War at Home; 14. Peace Abroad; 15. Vindication.
- 16. Second Term Woes17. Crises Domestic and Foreign; 18. Reconstruction under Siege; 19. Sound Money, Crooked Whiskey; 20. The President under Fire; 21. Securing the Succession; 22. Third Term Dreams; Coda: Rendering ""The Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Index; Back Cover.
