This book chronicles American Foreign Policy going back to World War I showing how military strength has prevailed in the long run against world tyrants of Nazis, communists, and terrorists and how liberal appeasement has failed and led to nothing but larger conflicts.

Eight men served as President of the United States between Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln and all eight have been forgotten. William Henry Harrison and John Tyler are two of them. Harrison only served a month in office and Tyler died as a member of the Confederate Congress and this has ruined their historical reputations. But no presidency has been irrelevant in American History and Harrison and Tyler have a story to tell. This book brings their ignored presidencies to life.

Like every American president, Andrew Jackson's legacy is up for debate. In this book I try to put aside personal bias and preconceived notions to give a fair look at Jackson's eight turbulent years in the White House. In doing so I found there were two different Jacksons. There was the traditional Jackson who won the Bank War and thwarted nullification and then there was the unsure and sensitive Jackson who craved friendship and loyalty. Historians have described Jackson as everything from a criminal dictator to heroic patriot. I'll let you judge where the truth lies.