James Monroe

The American Presidents Series: The 5th President, 1817-1825

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, 19th Century, Biography & Memoir, Political
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Author: Gary Hart ISBN: 9781466823051
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Publication: October 5, 2005
Imprint: Times Books Language: English
Author: Gary Hart
ISBN: 9781466823051
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Publication: October 5, 2005
Imprint: Times Books
Language: English

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.

"A well-written, useful précis of Monroe’s life and career." - Kirkus Reviews

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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.

"A well-written, useful précis of Monroe’s life and career." - Kirkus Reviews

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