156 Pages
by
Routledge
156 Pages
by
Routledge
155 Pages
by
Routledge
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Over the course of more than six decades as an author, journalist, and professor, Max Lerner studied and assessed many presidents, yet Thomas Jefferson received his most sustained attention. To Lerner, Jefferson came closest in the American context to Plato's "philosopher-king," the ideal thinker and leader. Because of his keen sense of Jefferson's virtues and his unique place in United States... Read more
Preface and AcknowledgmentsIntroductionJefferson Chronology1. The Making of a Revolutionary, 1743–17842. A Diplomat in Europe, 1785–17893. The Struggle for National Mastery, 1789–18004. The Practice and Theory of Foreign Policy, 1789–17955. The Two Revolutions6. A Party Leader's Path to the Summit, 1789–18007. Jefferson in Power: The Jeffersonian Revolution and the Presidency, 1801–1805 8. Jefferson in Trouble: Conspiracy, Embargo, and Civil Liberties, 1805–1809 9. Twilight of a Life—And a Great Correspondence, 1809–1826 10. Reformer, Educator, Humanist: The Rounding Out of a Mind and Will, 1809–1826 11. Jefferson's Cosmos as a Frame for His Thought12. Last Days and Death, 182613. The Shadow of Jefferson: Legend, Image, Idea14. Ambiguity and Unity in Jefferson's ThoughtAppendix: Jefferson as a Man of LettersIndex
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Max Lerner
