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In The Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant: Preserving the Civil War's Legacy, historian Paul Kahan focuses on the unique political, economic, and cultural forces unleashed by the Civil War and how Grant addressed these issues during his tumultuous two terms as chief executive. A timely reassessment, The Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant sheds new light on the business of politics in the decade after the Civil War and portrays an energetic and even progressive executive whose legacy has been overshadowed by both his wartime service and his administration's many scandals.

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In The Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant: Preserving the Civil War's Legacy, historian Paul Kahan focuses on the unique political, economic, and cultural forces unleashed by the Civil War and how Grant addressed these issues during his tumultuous two terms as chief executive. A timely reassessment, The Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant sheds new light on the business of politics in the decade after the Civil War and portrays an energetic and even progressive executive whose legacy has been overshadowed by both his wartime service and his administration's many scandals.
Autorenporträt
PAUL KAHAN is the author of six books, including Amiable Scoundrel: Simon Cameron, Lincoln's Scandalous Secretary of War, The Bank War: Andrew Jackson, Nicholas Biddle, and the Fight for American Finance (Westholme 2015), and The Homestead Strike: Labor, Violence, and American Industry. He earned his PhD in history from Temple University.