Presidency of James Monroe

by Noble E. Cunningham Jr.

Book Overview

Filled with new insights and fresh interpretations, this is the richest study yet published on the presidency of James Monroe, the last Revolutionary War hero to ascend to that august office.

Noble Cunningham's history of the fifth presidency (1817-25) shows a young nation beset by growing pains and led by a cautious politician who had neither the learning nor the intellect of Jefferson or Madison, but whose actions strengthened both the United...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700607285
• ISBN13: 9780700607280
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"