The Progressive Presidents: Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson

by John Morton Blum

The Progressive Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson [hardcover] Blum, John Morton [Jan 01, 1980]

Hardcover

First published October 30, 1980

About the author

John Morton Blum was an American historian, active from the 1950 to 1991. He was a specialist in 20th-century American political history and a senior advisor to Yale officials.

Reviews

[Joseph Weiner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting reflection into the social policy standing of some of America's greatest leaders. Very interesting to see the attitude toward these figures, especially Woodrow Wilson: whose legacy has been muddied in recent time.

[Terry · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this study of four progressive presidents, Blum contends that power of the executive branch was enhanced because it was the only way to control the growing corporate power. Though each president had flaws and encountered circumstances that distracted him from his social welfare agenda, the practice of gradualism allowed them to entrench progressive measures that largely defused the more radical methods of those who thought they were compromising their principles.