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Ireland's Exiled Children
Historians have long noted that the 18th century American Revolution and the 20th century struggle for Irish independence have a number of historical, political, and symbolic parallels-in both cases, separation from Great Britain took several years to achieve, required revolutionary warfare, and tested long-established allegiances. Yet while these similarities have been documented, very few historians have considered the extent to which the roots of the Easter
Rising grew in American soil. For instance, not only were Ireland's \"exiled children in America\" acknowledged in the Proclamation announcing \"the Provisional Government of the Irish Republic,\" a document which circulated in Dublin on the first day of the Rising in April 1916, but also, the United States
was the only country singled out in this Proclamation for offering Ireland help. Remarkably, five of the seven Proclamation signatories spent time in the U.S., with one a naturalized citizen and the others influenced by the freedoms that Americans enjoyed. Furthermore, money from the States largely bankrolled the Rising, including the purchase of weaponry used and the funding of publications distributed. And direct involvement was but one dimension of the United States' connection with the
Revolution-though the Rising encompassed just six days, the events in Ireland fascinated Americans, and became a major, continuing news story throughout 1916.
In this work, Robert Schmuhl offers the first focused study of the United States' role in the Easter uprising and the event's significance in the evolution of Irish America. Based on original archival research conducted in Ireland, the United States, and Britain, the work brings into bold relief the central characters in facilitating and responding to the Rising. Each chapter places in the foreground one such individual-John Devoy, Joyce Kilmer, Woodrow Wilson, and Eamon de Valera-in order to
inform the larger narrative about the preparation and the action of the Uprising, as well as the reactions of the Irish and Americans alike to the event. Capturing the complexities of American politics, Irish-Americanism, and Anglo-American relations in the unprecedented war and post-war
circumstances, The \"Exiled Children\" and Easter 1916 is an important contribution to a much-neglected aspect of the struggle for Irish independence.
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The glory and the burden : the American presidency from FDR to Trump
\"The Glory and the Burden: The American Presidency from FDR to Trump is a timely examination of the state of the American presidency and the forces that have shaped it over the past seventy-five years, with an emphasis on the dramatic changes that have taken place within the institution and to the individuals occupying the Oval Office. Robert Schmuhl traces the evolution of the modern presidency back to the terms of Franklin Roosevelt, maintaining that FDR's White House years had a profound impact on the office, resulting in significant changes to the job and to those who have performed it since. Specifically, the Twenty-Second Amendment to the Constitution, limiting a president to two terms, has largely redefined each administration's agenda. News sources and social media have also grown exponentially, exercising influence over the conduct of presidents and affecting the consequences of their behavior. Schmuhl examines the presidency as an institution and the presidents as individuals from several different perspectives. He identifies recent trends in the office and probes the relationship between the White House and various forms of contemporary media. This book is an engrossing read for a general audience, particularly those with an interest in politics, American history, journalism, and communications\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Ruth McCormick proved women and politics mix
Ruth Hanna McCormick: A Life in Politics 1880-1944 By Kristie Miller University of New Mexico Press, 339 pages, $24.95 When Ruth Hanna McCormick appeared on the cover of Time in 1928, the caption read: \"She learned the law of the jungle.\" The jungle she knew-and tried to tame-was American politics, particularly the politics of Illinois. This biography, written by the subject's granddaughter, portrays a woman who spent her life leading the way. She was the first woman on the Executive Committee of the Republican National Committee, the first woman to win a national statewide election, the first woman to run for Senate for a major party and the first woman to manage a presidential-nomination campaign. Moreover, she seems to have worked on behalf of any reform group with a letterhead. Winning a woman's right to vote occupied much of her time before 1920, and she was at the forefront of that movement.
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Politics: The Irish foot in the door
From the Ward to the White House: The Irish in American Politics By George E. Reedy Scribner's, 212 pages, $22.95 Just in time for St. Patrick's Day, George E. Reedy's new book, \"From the Ward to the White House,\" reminds us that Irish involvement in American political life is largely responsible for the annual mid-March celebrations. Reedy, who grew up in an Irish neighborhood in Chicago, combines recollections from his experience with historical research to present an engaging account of how fellow Irish-Americans used politics to enter the unhyphenated American mainstream. In tracing his cultural heritage and mining his memory, Reedy argues that the oft-criticized and Irish-dominated political machines were principal vehicles his people rode to become full participants in this nation's life.
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Tom Wicker's congressman is a cautionary candidate
Tom Wicker's novel, \"Donovan's Wife,\" offers a starkly realistic-and frightening-view of contemporary politics. This cautionary tale by the recently retired New York Times columnist is a fictional counterpart to E.J. Dionne's \"Why Americans Hate Politics,\" William Greider's \"Who Will Tell the People?\" and other journalistic accounts of our current democratic dilemma. The author of eight other novels, Wicker describes the rise to national prominence of an obscure congressman, Victor T. Donovan, whose means of ascent include the calculated destruction of other people's reputations and the ending of his own marriage. Donovan begins to play on the national stage when he exposes \"renowned financier\" J. Conrad Cramer for building his business empire upon profits he has earned from producing X-rated films and owning theaters where such films play. Donovan takes on Cramer during a televised hearing and quickly becomes the country's new champion of morality.
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Handling (and mishandling) judicial choices
Advice & Consent: Clarence Thomas, Robert Bork and the Intriguing History of the Supreme Court's Nomination Battles By Paul Simon National Press Books, 328 pages, $23.95 Last year's battle to confirm Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court left wounds on the body politic that haven't yet healed. In \"Advice & Consent,\" Paul Simon argues that more deliberate handling of judicial appointments could prevent debilitating conflict between the executive branch and the Senate. For Simon, Democratic senator from Illinois and member of the Judiciary Committee, the Thomas confirmation controversy is the latest example of a process gone haywire.
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The first great nose-holding media campaign
The Campaign of the Century: Upton Sinclair's Race for Governor of California and the Birth of Media Politics By Greg Mitchell Random House, 665 pages, $27.50 Since the 1988 presidential campaign, most talk about American electioneering has decried the nose-holding negativism of today's political climate. In \"The Campaign of the Century,\" Greg Mitchell reminds us that the current stench is, in part, the national consequence of what began 58 years ago in that trend-setting state, California. In 1934, the famous author and until-then fringe politician Upton Sinclair won the Democratic nomination for governor of California. A Socialist candidate for Congress and governor in earlier elections, he tempered his views and took his new party's primary in a landslide.
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Whom to blame for the country's economic plight
America: What Went Wrong? By Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele Andrews & McMeel, 235 pages, $6.95 paper \"America: What Went Wrong?\" is a primer of our discontent. Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters for The Philadelphia Inquirer, examine \"the relentless shrinking of the middle class,\" explaining why the 1980s and early 1990s rewarded some Americans with stretch-limo wealth while countless others struggled to achieve a modest standard of living. The blame for the country's economic plight points in two directions: toward \"the lawmakers in Washington and the dealmakers on Wall Street.\" Graphs and charts abound here, but the reportage portrays representative people trapped in a real-life Monopoly game of random buying and selling. Jobs are lost, health insurance plans cut, pensions abandoned.
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Inside the voting booth How Americans elect their presidents: Two books explore the process
If the recent past is any guide, grumbling about the wayward electioneering of presidential candidates will begin even before the votes are counted in next month's New Hampshire primary. The grumblers will lament the defeat of substance by simplicity and long for a return to a politics of serious purpose. Just in time to spare America some anxiety, two new books argue that much of the complaining about campaigns is based on a lack of historical perspective and an incomplete understanding of today's voters. In \"See How They Ran,\" Gil Troy examines the phenomenon of presidential politics from George Washington to George Bush. Although he chronicles individual campaigns in detail, he is more concerned with showing the larger patterns and paradoxes of seeking the White House. Troy, an historian at McGill University in Montreal, finds the tension between \"republicanism\" and \"liberal democracy\" a key contradiction of campaigns since the nation's early days. The republicans of the late 1700s and early 1800s favored elite rule by men of virtue who stood above and apart from the people, while the democrats of that time sought majority rule and politicians attuned to public opinion. Troy captures the conflict when he says, \"Americans were haunted by the ghosts of George Washington and Andrew Jackson. All candidates had to be as aloof, as virtuous, as restrained as Washington, while being as popular, as political, as dynamic as Jackson.\"
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