Hatred of America's Presidents: Personal Attacks on the White House from Washington to Trump
This work examines expressions of personal hostility and animosity toward presidents—even beloved ones—throughout American history and their impact on policymaking, politics, and culture.

People involved or simply interested in politics often ask whether today's political environment is more toxic than ever before. Hatred of America's Presidents: Personal Attacks on the White House from Washington to Trump presents an impartial and authoritative history of invective toward the White House so readers can determine the answer for themselves.

The book focuses on the most representative and commonplace attacks of a vitriolic and personal nature, detailing who instigated and trafficked in the attacks and how presidents, administrations, and political parties defended themselves. It also illustrates how honest disagreements about policy—such as FDR's New Deal, Ronald Reagan's Central America policies, George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq, and Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act—fueled expressions of hatred and condemnation. Finally, the book includes perspectives from both the right and the left on the legitimacy of these attacks and the victims' defenses as well as their impact on American politics and policy.

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Hatred of America's Presidents: Personal Attacks on the White House from Washington to Trump
This work examines expressions of personal hostility and animosity toward presidents—even beloved ones—throughout American history and their impact on policymaking, politics, and culture.

People involved or simply interested in politics often ask whether today's political environment is more toxic than ever before. Hatred of America's Presidents: Personal Attacks on the White House from Washington to Trump presents an impartial and authoritative history of invective toward the White House so readers can determine the answer for themselves.

The book focuses on the most representative and commonplace attacks of a vitriolic and personal nature, detailing who instigated and trafficked in the attacks and how presidents, administrations, and political parties defended themselves. It also illustrates how honest disagreements about policy—such as FDR's New Deal, Ronald Reagan's Central America policies, George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq, and Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act—fueled expressions of hatred and condemnation. Finally, the book includes perspectives from both the right and the left on the legitimacy of these attacks and the victims' defenses as well as their impact on American politics and policy.

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Hatred of America's Presidents: Personal Attacks on the White House from Washington to Trump

Hatred of America's Presidents: Personal Attacks on the White House from Washington to Trump

Hatred of America's Presidents: Personal Attacks on the White House from Washington to Trump

Hatred of America's Presidents: Personal Attacks on the White House from Washington to Trump

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Overview

This work examines expressions of personal hostility and animosity toward presidents—even beloved ones—throughout American history and their impact on policymaking, politics, and culture.

People involved or simply interested in politics often ask whether today's political environment is more toxic than ever before. Hatred of America's Presidents: Personal Attacks on the White House from Washington to Trump presents an impartial and authoritative history of invective toward the White House so readers can determine the answer for themselves.

The book focuses on the most representative and commonplace attacks of a vitriolic and personal nature, detailing who instigated and trafficked in the attacks and how presidents, administrations, and political parties defended themselves. It also illustrates how honest disagreements about policy—such as FDR's New Deal, Ronald Reagan's Central America policies, George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq, and Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act—fueled expressions of hatred and condemnation. Finally, the book includes perspectives from both the right and the left on the legitimacy of these attacks and the victims' defenses as well as their impact on American politics and policy.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781440854361
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 06/15/2018
Pages: 416
Product dimensions: 7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.94(d)

About the Author

Lori Cox Han is Professor of Political Science at Chapman University in Orange, California. She is the author of several books on the presidency, news media, and women in politics.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction ix

1 George Washington 1

2 John Adams 9

3 Thomas Jefferson 16

4 James Madison 27

5 James Monroe 37

6 John Quincy Adams 45

7 Andrew Jackson 54

8 Martin Van Buren 63

9 William Henry Harrison 70

10 John Tyler 74

11 James K. Polk 78

12 Zachary Taylor 82

13 Millard Fillmore 86

14 Franklin Pierce 94

15 James Buchanan 101

16 Abraham Lincoln 108

17 Andrew Johnson 119

18 Ulysses S. Grant 125

19 Rutherford B. Hayes 134

20 James Garfield 142

21 Chester A. Arthur 146

22 Grover Cleveland 153

23 Benjamin Harrison 160

25 William McKinley 167

26 Theodore Roosevelt 173

27 William Howard Taft 182

28 Woodrow Wilson 188

29 Warren G. Harding 197

30 Calvin Coolidge 204

31 Herbert Hoover 212

32 Franklin D. Roosevelt 221

33 Harry S. Truman 236

34 Dwight D. Eisenhower 247

35 John F. Kennedy 257

36 Lyndon B. Johnson 266

37 Richard M. Nixon 277

38 Gerald R. Ford 293

39 Jimmy Carter 299

40 Ronald Reagan 308

41 George H. W. Bush 325

42 William J. Clinton 332

43 George W. Bush 346

44 Barack Obama 356

45 Donald J. Trump 370

About the Editor and Contributors 377

Index 385

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