Lurie demonstrates that Taft's vision of a vigorous federal role in promoting the public interest inspired his progressive policies on tariff reform, conservation of natural resources, labor, federal administration, and antitrust enforcement. "In this pithy and engaging study of William Howard Taft's political career, Jonathan Lurie argues convincingly that Taft was more progressive than previous historians have recognized and that Taft accurately characterized himself as a progressive conservative. A tour de force." -Peter Karsten, University of Pittsburgh Lurie demonstrates that Taft was, as he claimed to be, an important 'progressive conservative' who achieved and protected more 'progressive' measures than had Roosevelt, while simultaneously defending the Supreme Court's role and authority. "This well-written and engaging account of Taft's relationship with Theodore Roosevelt and his career up to 1921 (the first volume, of a planed two-volume study of Taft) constitutes a significant revision of the literature. The book is a superb achievement-a major study of an important and often misunderstood figure in American political and legal history." -Lawrence M. Professor Lurie covers Taft's career up to the point when he achieved his life's goal: the Supreme Court. "This lucid, fascinating, and beautifully written account invites us to reconsider the place in history of William Howard Taft.
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