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The collected works of William Howard Taft / David H. Burton, general editor.
Van Pelt Library E660 .T11 2001 v.1 v.2 v.3 v.4 v.5-8
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
- Standardized Title:
- Works. 2001
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930.
- Political and social views.
- United States--Politics and government--1901-1909.
- United States.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Politics and government--1909-1913.
- Taft, William H.
- Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930--Political and social views.
- United States--Foreign relations--1901-1909.
- International relations.
- Physical Description:
- 8 volumes : portrait ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Athens : Ohio University Press, c2001-2004.
- Summary:
- Eager to turn the congressional election of 1918 into a confirmation of his foreign policy, President Woodrow Wilson was criticized for abandoning the spirit of the popular slogan "Politics adjourned!" His predecessor, William Howard Taft, found Wilson difficult to deal with and took issue with his version of the League of Nations, which Taft felt was inferior to the model proposed by the League to Enforce Peace. Instead of joining the massive Republican opposition to the Treaty of Versailles, however, Taft supported Wilson's controversial decision to travel to Paris as the head of the American peace delegation, and he defended the critical tenth article of the covenant, which detractors saw as a surrender of American sovereignty. He also counseled Wilson to insert a clause concerning the Monroe Doctrine that would pacify the Senate's group of "reservationists," whose votes were essential to approval of the treaty.
- Volume VII in The Collected Works of William Howard Taft consists of the Taft Papers on League of Nations, originally published in 1920. This is a collection of Taft's speeches, newspaper articles, and complementary documents that reflect his consistent support for a league of nations and, eventually, for the Covenant of the League of Nations emanating from the Paris Peace Conference. Whereas the failure of the treaty and its League of Nations can probably be laid at the feet of an obstinate Wilson and a wily Henry Cabot Lodge, William Howard Taft can be credited with rising above partisanship to emerge as the League's most consistent supporter. Taft Papers on League of Nations provides a window on the machinations surrounding some of the most significant decisions of the era.
- Contents:
- v. 1. Four aspects of civic duty. Present day problems
- v. 2. Political issues and outlooks
- v. 3. Presidential addresses and state papers
- v. 4. Presidential messages to Congress
- v. 5 Popular government and The Anti-Trust Act and the Supreme Court
- v. 6. The President and his powers; and, The United States and peace
- v. 7. Taft papers on League of Nations
- v. 8. "Liberty under law" and selected Supreme Court opinions.
- ISBN:
- 0821413600
- 0821413953
- 0821414046
- 0821414356
- 0821414577
- 082141500X
- 0821415182
- 0821415646
- OCLC:
- 47912985
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