The People's Choice, from Washington to Harding: A Study in DemocracyThis work discusses how politics, democracy, and the presidency evolved in the United States from 1789 to 1923. |
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... army and navy would soon put down this rioting . The price they paid for their faith in the English army was impoverishment and exile . The first reason for English failure was that the minister re- ' ponsible for the war was Lord ...
... army and navy would soon put down this rioting . The price they paid for their faith in the English army was impoverishment and exile . The first reason for English failure was that the minister re- ' ponsible for the war was Lord ...
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... army - that is , for the nucleus of regular troops without which nothing could have been accomplished . At Saratoga the regular army was helped by a swarm of local militia ; but the militia would not have turned up for the crisis if the ...
... army - that is , for the nucleus of regular troops without which nothing could have been accomplished . At Saratoga the regular army was helped by a swarm of local militia ; but the militia would not have turned up for the crisis if the ...
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A Study in Democracy Herbert Agar. - refrained from discouraging him in allowing the army and navy to go completely to seed . The army was used as a place of retirement for politicians to whom some debt was due , but who were clearly too ...
A Study in Democracy Herbert Agar. - refrained from discouraging him in allowing the army and navy to go completely to seed . The army was used as a place of retirement for politicians to whom some debt was due , but who were clearly too ...
Contents
WASHINGTON | 3 |
JOHN ADAMS AND JEFFERSON | 32 |
MADISON MONROE AND JOHN QUINCY ADAMS | 72 |
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