Imagine a country in which strikes by public-sector unions
occupied the public square; where foreign policy wandered aimlessly as
America disentangled itself from wars abroad and a potential civil war
on its southern border; where racial and ethnic groups jostled for
political influence; where a war on illicit substances led to violence
in its cities; where technology was dramatically changing how mankind
communicated and moved aboutand where the educated harbored increasing
contempt for the philosophic underpinnings of our republic.
That
country, the America of the 1920s, looked a lot like America today. One
would think, then, that the President who successfully navigated these
challenges, Calvin Coolidge, might be esteemed today. Instead,
Coolidge’s record is little known, the result of efforts by both the
left and right to distort his legacy.
Why Coolidge Matters
revisits the record of our most underrated president, examining
Coolidge’s views on governance, public sector unions, education, race,
immigration, and foreign policy. Most importantly, Why Coolidge Matters
explains what lessons Coolidgethe last president to pay down the
national debtcan offer the limited government movement in the
post-industrial age.
Hardcover book in very good condition.