The William Howard Taft presidency /
Gould, Lewis L.
Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas,
c2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"The man of the hour" in 1908 -- Being his own king -- The new president and his country -- Seeking downward revision : the Payne-Aldrich Tariff -- The Ballinger-Pinchot controversy -- Taft, Knox, and dollar diplomacy -- Taft and Congress, 1910 -- Taft, Roosevelt, and the 1910 election -- Taft as administrator -- Reciprocity, revolution, and arbitration -- Toward a break with Roosevelt -- "Roosevelt was my closest friend" -- The 1912 campaign -- Leaving the White House.
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930.