Part I. The Texas years, 1858-1912 -- A spacious youth -- Searching for a career -- Texas politics: creating "our crowd"--The "twilight years" -- "The man and the opportunity" -- The ideal society -- Part II. Wilson in power, 1913-1914 -- "Our crowd" goes to Washington -- Foreig…
Charles E. Neu details the life of "Colonel" House, a Texas landowner who rose to become one of the century's greatest political operators.
In this seminal biography, Charles E. Neu details the life of "Colonel" House, a Texas landowner who rose to become one of the century's greatest political operators. Ambitious and persuasive, House worked largely behind the scenes, developing ties of loyalty and using patronage…
A man who lived his life mostly in the shadows, Edward M. House is little known or remembered today; yet he was one of the most influential figures of the Wilson presidency. Wilson's chief political advisor, House played a key role in international diplomacy, and had a significa…
There is a mighty task before us and it welds us together. It is to make the United States a mighty Christian nation and to Christianize the World." The 28th president was not principally a religious figure, and he didn't fit comfortably in any religious camp. In this book Barry…
Woodrow Wilson was easily one of the most religious presidents in American history. Yet, his religion has puzzled historians for decades. This book tells the story of Wilson's religion as he moved from the Calvinist orthodoxy of his youth to a progressive, spiritualised religion…
There is a mighty task before us and it welds us together. It is to make the United States a mighty Christian nation and to Christianize the World." The 28th president was not principally a religious figure, and he didn't fit comfortably in any religious camp. In this book Barry…
There is a mighty task before us and it welds us together. It is to make the United States a mighty Christian nation and to Christianize the World. The 28th president was not principally a religious figure, and he didn't fit comfortably in any religious camp. In this book Barry …
When Woodrow Wilson was elected as a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church in 1897, his preacher father allegedly remarked, "I would rather that he held that position than be president of the United States." Fifteen years later he was both. Easily one of the most religious pre…
"In Choosing War, Douglas Cark Peifer compares the ways in which different presidential administrations have responded when American lives were lost at sea"--Jacket.