![]() ![]() ![]() McKinley paved the way for the bold and flamboyant leadership of his famous successor, Teddy Roosevelt, who built on his accomplishments (and got credit for them). He expanded executive power and managed public opinion through his quiet manipulation of the press. McKinley settled decades of monetary controversy by taking the country to a strict gold standard in the Spanish-American war he kicked Spain out of the Caribbean and liberated Cuba from Spain in the Pacific he acquired Hawaii and the Philippines he developed the doctrine of “fair trade” forced the “Open Door” to China forged our “special relationship” with Great Britain. ![]() ![]() Merry offers “a fresh twist on the old tale…a valuable education on where America has been and, possibly, where it is going” (The National Review). Although he does not register large in either public memory or in historians’ rankings, in this revealing account, Robert W. Republican President William McKinley transformed America during his two terms as president (1897 – 1901). Acclaimed historian Robert Merry resurrects the presidential reputation of William McKinley in a “measured, insightful biography that seeks to set the record straight…a deft character study of a president” (The New York Times Book Review) whose low place in the presidential rankings does not reflect the stamp he put on America’s future role in the world. ![]()
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