Millard Fillmore, the Politics of Appeasement, and the Allure of Nativism
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Zachary Taylor, the Manufactured Outsider, and the Fragility of the Union
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James K. Polk, the Manufactured War, and the Birth of the Imperial Commander in Chief
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John Tyler, the Accidental President, and the Treason of Empire
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William Henry Harrison, the Manufactured Populist, and the Birth of the Modern Campaign
William Henry Harrison’s thirty-one-day presidency is...
Martin Van Buren, the Invention of the Political Machine, and the Dark Side of Partisanship
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Andrew Jackson, the Imperial Presidency, and the Roots of Populist Authoritarianism
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John Quincy Adams, the Visionary State, and the Politics of Destruction
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James Monroe, the Invention of National Security, and the Imperial Temptation
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James Madison, the Extended Republic, and the Architecture of Politics
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