Robert A. Taft: Ideas, Tradition, and Party in U.S. Foreign Policy

by Clarence E. Wunderlin Jr. and Jr. Wunderlin, Clarence E.

Book Overview

Robert A. Taft, the son of president and chief justice William H. Taft, is one of twentieth-century America's most prominent conservative legislators. Elected into office ten months before the outbreak of the Second World War, Taft quickly established himself as a leader among the anti-interventionists, fervently supporting legislation intended to keep the nation from engaging in another international war. In the years following the war, Taft embraced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742544907
• ISBN13: 9780742544901
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 8.9"