Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America
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Tennessee Democrat James K. Polk is generally ranked among the nation's most effective chief executives. In this straightforward, unnuanced biography, Borneman (1812: The War That Forged a Nation) relates why. Coming into office determined to annex Texas, gain the Oregon Territory from Britain, lower the tariff and reform the national banking system, Polk achieved all four aims in his single term in office (1845-1849). But Borneman overlooks that in more or less completing the nation's lower continental territory, Polk bequeathed a fateful legacy to the nation-not so much transforming the U.S. (as the subtitle overstates) as setting it on the road to civil war. With the annexation of Texas came war with Mexico, which stripped that nation of half its lands while gaining the U.S. the southwest and California. It also unloosed the mad genie of slavery's possible further spread westward. Polk left the nation larger but politically crippled and morally weakened. But Borneman sticks to the narrative and doesn't place his subject in a larger historical context. 'Tis a pity, for Polk's administration ought to be a lesson to all candidates and all presidents at all times
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Borneman, W. R., & Nebelthau, A. (2008). Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America. Unabridged. [United States], Recorded Books, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Borneman, Walter R. and Alan, Nebelthau. 2008. Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America. [United States], Recorded Books, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Borneman, Walter R. and Alan, Nebelthau, Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America. [United States], Recorded Books, Inc, 2008.
MLA Citation (style guide)Borneman, Walter R., and Alan Nebelthau. Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America. Unabridged. [United States], Recorded Books, Inc, 2008.
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