Unreasonable Men: Theodore Roosevelt and the Republican Rebels Who Created Progressive Politics

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Journalist and historian MICHAEL WOLRAICH writes about historical events in order to illuminate modern politics. He founded the political blog, Dagblog, and has written for the Atlantic, the Daily Beast, CNN, Reuters, and Talking Points Memo. His most recent book, Unreasonable Men: Theodore Roosevelt and the Republican Rebels Who Created Progressive Politics, takes us into the heart of the epic power struggle that created the progressive movement and defined modern American politics. Recounting the fateful clash between the pragmatic Theodore Roosevelt and the radical “Fighting Bob” La Follette of Wisconsin, Wolraich’s narrative reveals how a few Republican insurgents broke the conservative chokehold on Congress and initiated the greatest period of political change in America’s history.