Product Description: As the nineteenth president of the United States, Rutherford B. Hayes brought an end to Reconstruction and returned order to the White House. But it was his service as a volunteer officer in the Union army during the Civil War that provided the most glorious years of his life and made his post-war political accomplishments possible...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Reexamines President Hayes' skills as the chief executive, describes the problems faced by his administration, and discusses his style of leadership

Product Description: This fourth volume in the Brooklyn Studies in Society and Change series, originally published by Brooklyn College Press, represents conference proceedings which address one of the least understood aspects of American history and political culture) corruption...read more