Books in the American Presidents Series series

John Adams, philosopher of the Revolution and early America, and participant in many of the major events of that period, strove to find universal patterns in the lives of all men. This book presents a study of John Adams in the many roles he played during his eventful life: lawyer, polemicist, Founding Father, diplomat, President, husband, father.

The "progressive" reading of history focuses on two major antecedents for the origins of the United States' 1898 war with Spain: the 1896 presidential election and the Hearst-Pulitzer press war that generated a clamor from an "aroused public." This book assesses the adequacy of those readings, and the basic elements of the progressive history.

Assesses five theories that have dominated analysis of modern societies - liberalism, Marxism, mass society, pluralism, and elitism - in accounting for an aberrant event in American history: the Spanish-American War. This volume is concerned with the war's outcome; the settlement in which the US gained an "empire."

Offers a comprehensive study of presidential religious rhetoric. Using careful analysis of hundreds of transcripts, David O'Connell reveals the hidden strategy behind presidential religious speech. He asks when and why religious language is used, and when it is, whether such language is influential.

There is a widely held notion that, except for the elections of 1928 and 1960, the Irish have primarily influenced only state and local government. The Irish and the American Presidency reveals that the Irish have had a consistent and noteworthy impact on presidential careers, policies, and elections throughout American history.