Unreasonable Men

As Michael Wolraich argues in his sharp, streamlined new book, Unreasonable Men, it was 'the greatest period...
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Author: Michael Wolraich
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Unreasonable Men by Wolraich, Michael

Unreasonable Men

$90.58

Unreasonable Men

$90.58
Author: Michael Wolraich
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

As Michael Wolraich argues in his sharp, streamlined new book, Unreasonable Men, it was 'the greatest period of political change in American history.' -Washington Post, 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction

At the turn of the twentieth century, the Republican Party stood at the brink of an internal civil war. After a devastating financial crisis, furious voters sent a new breed of politician to Washington. These young Republican firebrands, led by Fighting Bob La Follette of Wisconsin, vowed to overthrow the party leaders and purge Wall Street's corrupting influence from Washington. Their opponents called them radicals, and fanatics. They called themselves Progressives.

President Theodore Roosevelt disapproved of La Follette's confrontational methods. Fearful of splitting the party, he compromised with the conservative House Speaker, Uncle Joe Cannon, to pass modest reforms. But as La Follette's crusade gathered momentum, the country polarized, and the middle ground melted away. Three years after the end of his presidency, Roosevelt embraced La Follette's militant tactics and went to war against the Republican establishment, bringing him face to face with his handpicked successor, William Taft. Their epic battle shattered the Republican Party and permanently realigned the electorate, dividing the country into two camps: Progressive and Conservative.

Unreasonable Men takes us into the heart of the epic power struggle that created the progressive movement and defined modern American politics. Recounting the fateful clash between the pragmatic Roosevelt and the radical La Follette, Wolraich's riveting narrative reveals how a few Republican insurgents broke the conservative chokehold on Congress and initiated the greatest period of political change in America's history.

Author: Michael Wolraich
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 07/22/2014
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780230342231


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/19/2014
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2014
Choice 04/01/2015 pg. 1391

About the Author

Michael Wolraich is a political journalist and historian, author of Blowing Smoke, and co-founder of the political blog dagblog.com. His writing has appeared at The Atlantic, The Daily Beast, CNN, Reuters, Talking Points Memo, and Pando Daily. He has also appeared on C-SPAN's BookTV, The John Batchelor Show, Culture Shocks, and various radio shows across the country. He lives in New York City.




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