Review of “President McKinley: Architect of the American Century” by Robert Merry

March 17, 2021

Published in 2017, “President McKinley: Architect of the American Century” is Robert Merry’s fifth, and most recent, book. He is …

The Best Biographies of James Polk

January 16, 2014

Historians generally regard James Polk as one of the “near-great” presidents, ranking him just behind Eisenhower, Truman and Polk’s mentor …

January 7, 2014

“A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War, and the Conquest of the American Continent” is Robert …

January 3, 2014

James K. Polk of Tennessee was elected the eleventh president of the United States in 1844. Somewhere in the back …