{"product_id":"the-presidency-of-james-monroe-9780700607280","title":"The Presidency of James Monroe","description":"\u003cp\u003eFilled with new insights and fresh interpretations  this is the richest study yet published on the presidency of James Monroe  the last Revolutionary War hero to ascend to that august office.  Noble Cunninghams history of the fifth presidency (1817-25) shows a young nation beset by growing pains and led by a cautious politician who had neither the learning nor the intellect of Jefferson or Madison  but whose actions strengthened both the United States and the presidency itself.  Cunningham makes clear that the mislabelled \"era of good feelings\" had more than its share of crises  including those resulting from revolutions in Latin America  Spanish possession of Florida  the depression of 1819  and the controversy over slavery in Missouri.  Monroe  he shows  successfully defused these potentially explosive situations  most notably by negotiating the 1820 Missouri Compromise and announcing in 1823 what came to be known as the Monroe Doctrine  a document that still guides American policy in the western hemisphere.  Cunningham effectively places these actions within the context of Monroes life and times and sheds new light on the inner workings of his cabinet and his relations with Congress. In addition  he features the prominent roles of two future presidents: John Quincy Adams as secretary of state and Andrew Jackson as the controversial general whose actions in the Seminole War created a headache for the administration.  Though substantially informed by previous scholarship  Cunningham writes largely from the abundant primary source materials of the era to provide an illuminating new look at a president and a nation on the brink of greatness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45279759368245,"sku":"ByrdShop_0700607285","price":26.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780700607280.jpg?v=1780609046","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-presidency-of-james-monroe-9780700607280","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}