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Chapters

1. Front Matter167 words
2. Acknowledgments388 words
3. Introduction John V. Denson9,754 words
4. 1 Rating Presidential Performance Richard Vedder and Lowell Gallaway9,953 words
5. 2 George Washington: An Image and Its Influence David Gordon3,812 words
6. 3 Thomas Jefferson: Classical-Liberal Statesman of the Old Republic H. Arthur Scott Trask278 words
7. The Election of 1800531 words
8. Federal Spending under Jefferson700 words
9. Federal Taxation under Jefferson655 words
10. Federal Debt Reduction under Jefferson368 words
11. Foreign Policy and Military Spending: The First Term1,602 words
12. The Louisiana Purchase2,147 words
13. Constitutional Philosophy, Judicial Reform, and the Supreme Court5,761 words
14. Internal Improvements and a Military Academy798 words
15. Foreign Policy and the Embargo: The Second Term3,768 words
16. Military Policy: the Second Term2,441 words
17. Conclusion2,539 words
18. 4 Supreme Court as Accomplice: Judicial Backing for a Despotic Presidency Marshall L. DeRosa Commencing Demagogues, Ending Tyrants11,177 words
19. 5 The Electoral College as a Restraint on American Democracy: Its Evolution from Washington to Jackson Randall G. Holcombe11,437 words
20. 6 Martin Van Buren: The American Gladstone Jeffrey Rogers Hummel12,991 words
21. 7 Abraham Lincoln and the Triumph of Mercantilism Thomas J. DiLorenzo9,347 words
22. 8 Lincoln and the First Shot: A Study of Deceit and Deception John V. Denson21,688 words
23. 9 President Andrew Johnson: Tribune of States’ Rights H. Arthur Scott Trask and Carey Roberts10,694 words
24. 10 William McKinley: Architect of the American Empire Joseph R. Stromberg7,396 words
25. 11 Theodore Roosevelt and the Modern Presidency Thomas E. Woods, Jr.7,748 words
26. 12 The Use and Abuse of Antitrust From Cleveland to Clinton: Causes and Consequences George Bittlingmayer The Struggle Between Presidents and Big Business: Winners, Losers, and Business Confidence7,533 words
27. 13 From Opponent of Empire to Career Opportunist: William Howard Taft as Conservative Bureaucrat in the Evolution of the American Imperial System William Marina The Evolution of the Imperial Presidency9,984 words
28. 14 Woodrow Wilson’s Revolution Within the Form Richard M. Gamble4,357 words
29. 15 Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal: From Economic Fascism to Pork-Barrel Politics Thomas J. DiLorenzo8,407 words
30. 16 Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the First Shot: A Study of Deceit and Deception John V. Denson2,574 words
31. World War I and the Treaty of Versailles as Causes of World War II7,700 words
32. World War II and British Influence on American Foreign Policy Prior to Pearl Harbor1,744 words
33. Pearl Harbor8,515 words
34. Conclusion: Comparison of Lincoln and Roosevelt5,854 words
35. 17 Despotism Loves Company: The Story of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Josef Stalin Yuri N. Maltsev and Barry Dean Simpson6,356 words
36. 18 Harry S. Truman: Advancing the Revolution Ralph Raico A “Near-Great”?14,779 words
37. 19 From Kennedy’s “New Economics” to Nixon’s “New Economic Policy”: Monetary Inflation and the March of Economic Fascism Joseph T. Salerno1,522 words
38. What is Economic Fascism?1,453 words
39. The Origins of the New Economics1,095 words
40. The New Economics as a Blueprint for Economic Fascism5,282 words
41. Kennedy’s New Economics in Action2,433 words
42. Kennedy’s Unheralded “Monetary Revolution” and the Triumph of the New Economics1,878 words
43. A Foretaste of Economic Fascism: Kennedy’s Assault on the Steel Industry5,273 words
44. 20 The Managerial President Paul Gottfried3,379 words
45. 21 The President as Social Engineer Michael Levin5,792 words
46. 22 On the Impossibility of Limited Government and the Prospects for a Second American Revolution Hans-Hermann Hoppe11,511 words
47. 23 The American President: From Cincinnatus to Caesar Clyde N. Wilson5,409 words
48. Appendix A Executive Usurpation: A speech by the Honorable Clement L. Vallandigham, Congressman from Ohio Introduction8,696 words
49. Appendix B Speech on the Declaration of War Against Germany By the Honorable Robert M. La Follette, Sr., U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, Opposing President Woodrow Wilson’s Request for a Declaration of War from Congress for World War I Introduction5,055 words
50. Index14,155 words
51. Contributors264 words