Presidency of Warren G. Harding: American Presidency (Univ of Kansas Hardcover)
Autor Eugene P. Trani, David L. Wilsonen Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 mar 1977
Both the strengths and weaknesses of the Harding administration came from the people President Harding selected for high office. Charles G. Dawes accomplished much by implementing sound budgetary practices in the federal government for the first time in history. Herbert Hoover became the dominant figure in the Harding administration, using his influence to advance both domestic and foreign policies. And Charles Evans Hughes proved to be an able, if conservative, secretary of state. Yet the accomplishments of these and other capable men tended to be short-term in nature.
Trani and Wilson describe the widespread corruption and malfeasance in the Harding administration, pointing out the Harding's erratic judgment of character caused many of his problems as president. His personal habits philandering, playing poker, and drinking liquor during national prohibition tainted his reputation and appeared to connect him to the activities of his associates. Tragically, Harding sought to avoid controversy, even if it meant ignoring real problems or evading justice, and thus failed to provide moral leadership for the nation.
Harding and his advisers demonstrated little understanding of the social and economic forces at work in the country and abroad. In the early 1920s, the United States continued the transition from a rural society to an urbanized and industrialized society. Rather than adjusting the government to meet the needs of all segments of an industrialized society, Harding instituted "normalcy," an attempt to maintain the values of a rural society rapidly disintegrating under the impact of social and economic change. The few real accomplishments of the Harding administration were buried under scandal. and in the end, Harding must be rated as an ineffective leader at a time when the nation would have been better served by a different, more imaginative approach to government."
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780700601523
ISBN-10: 070060152X
Pagini: 244
Dimensiuni: 160 x 235 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: University Press of Kansas
Seria American Presidency (Univ of Kansas Hardcover)
ISBN-10: 070060152X
Pagini: 244
Dimensiuni: 160 x 235 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: University Press of Kansas
Seria American Presidency (Univ of Kansas Hardcover)