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Media type:
E-Book
Title:
Impeachment of a President
:
Andrew Johnson, the Blacks, and Reconstruction
Contains:
Frontmatter
Contents
Introduction
Preface
One. Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction
Two. The Radicals and Reconstruction
Three. The Widening Breach
Four. First Demands for Impeachment
Five. Presidential Defiance
Six. The Election of 1867
Seven. Failure of the First Impeachment
Eight. Renewed Presidential Defiance
Nine. Impeachment of the President
Ten. The President's Trial
Eleven. Failure of the Impeachment
Twelve. Results of the Acquittal
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Description:
In Impeachment of a President, Hans L. Trefousse focuses on the causes of the failure to convict, the consequences of the acquittal, and the relationship of the impeachment to the ill success of Reconstruction. Drawing on a wealth of material, some only recently made available, Professor Trefousse sheds new light on the President's objectives and character