The presidency of Ulysses S. Grant /

As controversial in politics as he was in the military, Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) was an embattled president, enormously popular with the American people, yet the target of unrelenting censure by political enemies. For the first time in almost a century, this book by the distinguished historian C...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Calhoun, Charles W. (Charles William), 1948- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2017]
Series:	American presidency series.
Subjects:	Grant, Ulysses S. > (Ulysses Simpson), > 1822-1885. United States > Politics and government > 1869-1877. Presidents > United States > Biography. HISTORY / United States / 19th Century. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Executive Branch.

Table of Contents:

Introduction : war in peace
Prologue : a troubled nation
1. Political Apprenticeship
2. "Jugular Politics"
3. Grant Takes Command
4. Reconstruction: Consummation without Closure
5. Reconstructing the Nation's Finances
6. Brush with Disaster: The New York Gold Corner Conspiracy
7. Reconstructing American Foreign Policy
8. Revolt in Cuba
9. The Gate to the Caribbean Sea
10. The Battle of Santo Domingo
11. Launching the Peace Policy
12. Reform and Revolt
13. War at Home
14. Peace Abroad
15. Vindication
16. Second Term Woes
17. Crises Domestic and Foreign
18. Reconstruction under Siege
19. Sound Money, Crooked Whiskey
20. The President under Fire
21. Securing the Succession
22. Third Term Dreams
Notes
Bibliographical Essay
Index.