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by: Kevin Phillips, Arthur M. Schlesinger See Larger Image List Price: $20.00 Our Price: $13.60 You Save: $6.40 (32%) Prices subject to change. Used Price: $8.44 Collectible Price: $20.00 Third Party New Price: $8.89 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 973.88092 EAN: 9780805069532 ISBN: 0805069534 Label: Times Books Manufacturer: Times Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 208 Publication Date: October 01, 2003 Publisher: Times Books Sales Rank: 314570 Studio: Times Books Related Items: Benjamin Harrison (The American Presidents) Grover Cleveland (The American Presidents) Chester Alan Arthur (The American Presidents) Warren G. Harding (The American Presidents Series) Rutherford B. Hayes see more Editorial Review: Product Description: A bestselling historian and political commentator reconsiders McKinley's overshadowed legacy By any serious measurement, bestselling historian Kevin Phillips argues, William McKinley was a major American president. It was during his administration that the United States made its diplomatic and military debut as a world power. McKinley was one of eight presidents who, either in the White House or on the battlefield, stood as principals in successful wars, and he was among the six or seven to take office in what became recognized as a major realignment of the U.S. party system. Phillips, author of Wealth and Democracy and The Cousins' War, has long been fascinated with McKinley in the context of how the GOP began each of its cycles of power. He argues that McKinley's lackluster ratings have been sustained not by unjust biographers but by years of criticism about his personality, indirect methodologies, middle-class demeanor, and tactical inability to inspire the American public. In this powerful and persuasive biography, Phillips musters convincing evidence that McKinley's desire to heal, renew prosperity, and reunite the country qualify him for promotion into the ranks of the best chief executives. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - WM This is a good read on a great President, cut short, but then overshadowed by TR. You'll be amazed at what comes out of his Presidency. We tend to favor war Presidents in history, but there is so much more!!! Rating: - not flawless but interesting This love letter to McKinley is not a particularly detailed personal biography; for example, it completely omits all details of his assassination. Rather, it seeks to rehabilitate McKinley the politician- to show his ability and his political instincts. McKinley was kind of an American equivalent of a British "one Nation Tory", seeking to reconcile the competing forces of capital and labor. Phillips is best at discussing the 1896 realignment. Before 1896, the Republican and Democratic ... Read More Rating: - Too much politics, too little McKinley I have read 18 of the books in this series, and this one is by far the least satisfying. Most of the other volumes maintain a balance between the personal life of the president, and his administration and policies. Phillips leans so heavily in the latter direction that I hardly felt I knew anything about the man himself. And can you imagine a book about an assassinated president that contains NO ACCOUNT of the actual crime, and not even a mention of the assassin? Phillips was too busy trying to raise ... Read More Rating: - Decent Overview of William McKinley Kevin Phillips is an odd choice to author a biography on Republican William McKinley but not a surprising selection given that Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. is the general editor of this presidential series. The author is a former Republican who worked in the Nixon administration and, like many Nixonians, grew disillusioned with the party and chose to serve penance as a far-left commentator for NPR and other leftist organizations. The author pursues a thesis that elevates McKinley to the rank ... Read More Rating: - McKinley as an underappreciated president This is yet another entry into The American Presidents series of brief biographies, under the general editorship of Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. One of the more intriguing facets of this series is the sometime use of eminent authors. Here, Kevin Phillips, a political commentator who once projected a Republican majority, writes an interesting work on McKinley, to some extent a political essay as much as a biography. His contention is that McKinley was one of the few really top notch presidents from Lincoln's ... Read More see more Browse for similar items by category: United States - Historical - Biographies & Memoirs - Subjects - Books - General United States - Historical - Biographies & Memoirs - Subjects - Books - General AAS Leaders & Notable People - Biographies & Memoirs - Subjects - Books - Political Leaders & Notable People - Biographies & Memoirs - Subjects - Books - Presidents & Heads of State Biographies & Memoirs - Subjects - Books - General