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Author Hart, Gary, 1936-

Title James Monroe / Gary Hart.

Publication Info. New York : Times Books, 2005.

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  92 MONROE    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  BIOGRAPHY MONROE    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  BIOGRAPHY MONROE    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  B MONROE, J. HAR    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  B MONROE, JAMES    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  B MONROE, JAMES    Check Shelf
 Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Adult Department  B MONROE    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  973.54 HAR    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  B MONROE, J.    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  B MONROE    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description xviii, 170 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Series The American presidents series
American presidents series (Times Books (Firm))
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [160]-161) and index.
Contents Editor's note -- Introduction: James Monroe, soldier -- The portrait of a patriot -- Washington's lieutenant, Jefferson's puppet, or Madison's pawn? -- "We cannot go back": the search for national security -- James Monroe and John Quincy Adams -- "This sets our compass": the principles of 1823 -- Conclusion: The first national security president -- Notes -- Milestones.
Summary The former senator and presidential candidate offers a provocative new assessment of the first "national security president". James Monroe is remembered today primarily for two things: for being the last of the "Virginia Dynasty", following George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison, and for issuing the Monroe Doctrine, his statement of principles in 1823 that the western hemisphere was to be considered closed to European intervention. But Gary Hart sees Monroe as a president ahead of his time, whose priorities and accomplishments in establishing America's "national security" have a great deal in common with chief executives of our own time. Unlike his predecessors Jefferson and Madison, Monroe was at his core a military man. He joined the Continental Army at the age of seventeen and served with distinction in many pivotal battles. He is prominently featured at Washington's side in the iconic painting Washington Crossing the Delaware. And throughout his career as a senator, governor, ambassador, secretary of state, secretary of war, and president, he never lost sight of the fact that without secure borders and friendly relations with neighbors, the American people could never be truly safe in their independence. As president he embarked on an ambitious series of treaties, annexations, and military confrontations that would secure America's homeland against foreign attack for nearly two hundred years. Hart details the accomplishments and priorities of this forward-looking president, whose security concerns clearly echo those we face in our time.
Subject Monroe, James, 1758-1831.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1817-1825.
ISBN 0805069607
9780805069600
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