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John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit

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John Quincy Adams was the last of his kind,a Puritan from the age of the Founders who despised party and compromise, yet dedicated himself to politics and government. The son of John Adams, he was a brilliant ambassador and secretary of state, a frustrated president at a historic turning point in American politics, and a dedicated congressman who literally died in office,at the age of 80, in the House of Representatives, in the midst of an impassioned political debate.In John Quincy Adams , scholar and journalist James Traub draws on Adams' diary, letters, and writings to evoke a diplomat and president whose ideas remain with us today. Adams was a fierce nationalist who, as secretary of state, championed the idea of American expansion. Yet, at the same time he warned against moralistic and militaristic policies abroad,a chastening wisdom that makes him the father of what we now call realism" in foreign policy. As president, he was a bold proponent of the idea of activist government later brought to fruition by Abraham Lincoln and others.Adams' numerous achievements,and equally numerous failures,stand as testaments to his unwavering moral convictions. A man who refused to take refuge in the politically prudent course of action, Adams was repudiated by his own Federalist party and, as president, by the nation that voted him out of office. And yet, in the final decade of his life, Adams regained the country's regard, and even reverence, for as a congressman he often stood alone against the forces of slavery, twice beating back motions of censure. John Quincy Adams tells the story of this brilliant, flinty, and unyielding man whose life exemplified political courage,a life against which each of us might measure our own.

Table of Contents:
Part I: He Is Formed for a Statesman 1. The Flame Is Kindled (1767--1778) 2. His Thoughts Are Always Running in a Serious Strain (1778--1780) 3. As Promising and Manly a Youth as Is in the World (1781--1785) 4. You Are Admitted, Adams (1785--1788) 5. Friend of the People (1788--1794) 6. I Shall Be Much Mistaken If He Is Not Soon Found at the Head of the Diplomatique Corps (1794--1795) 7. A Young Lady of Fine Parts Accomplishments (1795--1797) 8. President Adams' Political Telescope (1797--1801) Part II: War and Peace 9. I Feel Strong Temptations to Plunge into Political Controversy (1801--1803) 10. Curse on the Stripling, How He Apes His Sire (1803--1804) 11. The Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory (1804--1807) 12. If We Must Perish, Let It Be in Defense of Our Rights (1807--1809) 13. A Bull-Dog Among Spaniels (1809--1812) 14. Restoring the Peace of the World (1812--1814) 15. A Card of Invitation to a Dress Party at the Prince Regent's (1815--1817) Part III: Territorial Expansion 16. A Line Straight to the Pacific Ocean (1817--1819) 17. The Bargain Between Freedom and Slavery Is Morally and Politically Vicious (1819--1820) 18. She Goes Not Abroad in Search of Monsters to Destroy (1820--1822) 19. If He Wishes for Peace with Me, He Must Hold Out the White Flag (1822--1812) 20. The Most Important Paper That Ever Went from My Hands (1822--1823) 21. Who Can Hold a Fire in His Hand by Thinking on the Frosty Caucasus? (1823--1824) 22. I Tread on Coals (1824--1825) Part IV: Internal Improvement 23. The Spirit of Improvement (1825) 24. An Arrow to the Heart (1825--1827) 25. A Great Man in the Wrong Place at the Wrong Time (1825--1826) 26. Cultivating His Garden (1826--1827) 27. The Sun of My Political Career Sets in Deepest Gloom (1828--1829) Part V: The Slavocracy 28. Stay Thy Hand, God of Mercy (1829--1831) 29. Our Union: It Must Be Preserved (1831--1833) 30. The Ark of Our God Is Falling into the Hands of the Philistines (1831--1835) 31. Am I Gagged? (1835--1836) 32. I Am Not to Be Intimidated by All the Grand Juries in the Universe (1837) 33. Among the Most Illustrious of the World's Benefactors (1837--1838) 34. The Captives Are Free! (1838-1840) 35. Io Triomphe! (1840--1842) 36. The Sober Second Thought of the People (1842--1845) 37. I Say Now, Let It Come (1843--1845) 38. The End of Earth (1845--1848) 39. Obsequies


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780465028276
  • Publisher: Basic Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books
  • Depth: 51
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 48 mm
  • Weight: 924 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0465028276
  • Publisher Date: 22 Mar 2016
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Height: 239 mm
  • No of Pages: 640
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: Militant Spirit
  • Width: 166 mm


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