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100 1 $aEland, Ivan.
245 10 $aRecarving Rushmore :$branking the presidents on peace, prosperity, and liberty /$cIvan Eland.
260 $aOakland, Calif. :$bIndependent Institute,$cc2009.
300 $ax, 484 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 431-458) and index.
505 0 $a1. George Washington -- A precedent-setting presidency ; both good and bad -- 2. John Adams -- Used the quasi-war with France to restrict civil liberties -- 3. Thomas Jefferson -- A hypocrite on limited government -- 4. James Madison -- Started an unneeded war that got the U.S. Capital burned -- 5.James Monroe -- The first wisps of permanent government expansion -- 6. John Quincy Adams -- A federalist wearing a democrat's clothes -- 7. Andrew Jackson -- Aggressive against Indians and Southerners -- 8. -- Martin Van Buren -- Practiced what he preached -- 9. William Henry Harrison -- Served for 31 days -- 10. John Tyler "...and Tyler too!" -- 11. James K. Polk -- War for land to carry out aggressive manifest destiny -- 12. Zachary Taylor -- Risked civil war years before it happened -- 13. Millard Fillmore -- Expanded slavery and fugitive slave catcher -- 14. Franklin Pierce -- Promoted slavery in Kansas, making the civil war more likely -- 15. James Buchanan --
505 0 $aShould have let the South go in peace -- 16. Abraham Lincoln -- provoked a catastrophic civil war that achieved far less than believed -- 17. Andrew Johnson -- Uncompromising attitude led to harsh reconstruction policies -- 18. Ulysses S. Grant -- Better than expected, but still not that great -- 19. Rutherford B. Hayes -- Practiced military restraint, except with Indians -- 20. James A. Garfield -- Served for six months -- 21. Chester A. Arthur -- Promoted limited government and fought inflation -- 22. Grover Cleveland -- Honesty and limited government -- 23. Benjamin Harrison -- Bad economics and the use of coercion at home and abroad -- 24. Grover Cleveland -- Served a second non-consecutive term -- 25. William Mckinley -- The first modern president, with imperialist aspirations -- 26. Theodore Roosevelt -- Overrated in accomplishments and significance -- 27. William Howard Taft -- Not a hefty policy innovator -- 28. Woodrow Wilson --
505 0 $aMade the world safe for war, autocracy, and colonialism -- 29. Warren G. Harding -- Scandals masked a good presidency -- 30. Calvin Coolidge -- Silent Cal's presidency should silence the critics -- 31. Herbert Hoover -- Sucked the economy into the great depression -- 32. Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Lied the nation into war and expanded government -- 33. Harry S. Truman -- The first imperial president -- 34. Dwight D. Eisenhower -- Overt dove and covert hawk -- 35. John F. Kennedy -- Almost incinerated the world so as not to appear weak -- 36. Lyndon B. Johnson -- A failure with both guns and butter -- 37. Richard M. Nixon -- Undermined the republic at home and a mixed record abroad -- 38. Gerald R. Ford -- Pardon me! -- 39. Jimmy Carter -- The best modern president -- 40. Ronald Reagan -- Not really that conservative -- 41. George H. W. Bush -- "read my lips," no real accomplishments -- 42. William J. Clinton -- More conservative economically than Reagan and the Bushes --
505 0 $a43. George W. Bush -- Aggressive foreign policies undermined the republic at home.
520 $a"Profiling each president on the merits of their policies and on the core principles of peace, prosperity, and liberty, this ranking system takes a distinctly new approach. Historians and scholars have long tended to respect the war heroes and men who have succeeded in expanding the power of the executive office. However, this new examination cuts through longstanding bias and political rhetoric to offer a new nonpartisan system of ranking that is based purely on strength of policies and adherence to the Founding Father's guidelines for limited government. These rankings will surprise most and enlighten even acknowledged experts on the presidency."--Publisher's description.
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