Explores the one-term presidency of James K. Polk, during which the United States extended its territory across the continent by threatening England and manufac

This two-volume set provides a chronological view of the foreign policy/national security doctrines of key American presidents from Washington to Obama, framed

Moten traces a sweeping history of the evolving roles of civilian and military leaders in conducting war. In doing so he demonstrates how war strategy and natio

An analysis of how presidential politics work and the differences between how historians and voters have judged Presidents evaluates how and why various preside

Acclaimed historian Robert Merry resurrects the presidential reputation of William McKinley in a “measured, insightful biography that seeks to set the record