An esteemed group of scholars examines the lives and legacies of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson on the bicentennial of their death. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died hours apart on July 4, 1826-exactly fifty years after they drafted the Declaration of Independence. Adams and Jefferson were undoubtedly two of the most important and ......
An esteemed group of scholars examines the lives and legacies of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson on the bicentennial of their death. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died hours apart on July 4, 1826-exactly fifty years after they drafted the Declaration of Independence. Adams and Jefferson were undoubtedly two of the most important and ......
A clear-eyed look at how political pressures and military influences led President Obama to significantly increase US involvement in the War in Afghanistan, even as the prospects for success seemed increasingly dim. Barack Obama entered the White House in 2009 with a mandate to end the wars and occupations begun under George W. Bush. The ......
A clear-eyed look at how political pressures and military influences led President Obama to significantly increase US involvement in the War in Afghanistan, even as the prospects for success seemed increasingly dim. Barack Obama entered the White House in 2009 with a mandate to end the wars and occupations begun under George W. Bush. The ......
The first full biography of the controversial and complex First Lady Julia Gardiner Tyler-an unjustly scandalized New Yorker, the second lady to the "traitor president," and a savvy and consequential political figure in the age of the Civil War. Myths, rumors, and gossip have long circulated around First Lady Julia Gardiner Tyler. Commonly ......
In this concise history of the Louisiana Purchase, renowned presidential scholar Lara M. Brown explores how Thomas Jefferson's skilled diplomacy and political strategy helped secure the historic bargain and changed the course of American history. Thomas Jefferson is one of the more inscrutable characters in American history. While he is best ......
In this concise history of the Louisiana Purchase, renowned presidential scholar Lara M. Brown explores how Thomas Jefferson's skilled diplomacy and political strategy helped secure the historic bargain and changed the course of American history. Thomas Jefferson is one of the more inscrutable characters in American history. While he is best ......
An original and deeply researched look at how Scottish Enlightenment ideals interacted with religious philosophy to inform and inspire abolitionists and enslavers alike in the founding of the American republic. The concept of liberty-so important to the American founding-was significantly informed by Scottish Enlightenment philosophy, which was ......
From a rising intersex activist in the Midwest, a candid memoir about growing up different and an inspiring story of self-discovery and self-acceptance. When Chris Arnone was born in Independence, Missouri, nobody could tell what sex he was. For the first few days of his life, until a chromosome test confirmed he was a boy, his parents called ......
