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Rough Rider in the White House (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)
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Rough Rider in the White House (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)
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Who was Theodore Roosevelt? Most of us think of him as one of
America's greatest presidents, a champion of progressive politics,
and a master statesman. But many feared the political power that
Roosevelt wielded. Woodrow Wilson once called him "the most
dangerous man of the age." Mark Twain thought him "clearly insane."
William James scorned the "flood of bellicose emotion" he let loose
during his presidency. Even his biographer, Edmund Morris, is
astonished at Roosevelt's "irrational love of battle."
In this book, Sarah Watts probes this dark side of the Rough Rider,
presenting a fascinating psychological portrait of a man whose
personal obsession with masculinity profoundly influenced the fate
of a nation. Drawing on his own writings and on media
representations of him, Watts attributes the wide appeal of
Roosevelt's style of manhood to the way it addressed the hopes and
anxieties of men of his time. Like many of his contemporaries,
Roosevelt struggled with what it meant to be a man in the modern
era. He saw two foes within himself: a fragile weakling and a
primitive beast. The weakling he punished and toughened with
rigorous, manly pursuits such as hunting, horseback riding, and
war. The beast he unleashed through brutal criticism of
homosexuals, immigrants, pacifists, and sissies--anyone who might
tarnish the nation's veneer of strength and vigor. With his
unabashed paeans to violence and aggressive politics, Roosevelt
ultimately offered American men a chance to project their longings
and fears onto the nation and its policies. In this way he
harnessed the primitive energy of men's desires to propel the march
of American civilization--over the bodies of anyone who might stand
inits way.
Written with passion and precision, this powerful revisioning of an
American icon will forever alter the way we see Theodore Roosevelt
and his political legacy.
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