Passions of Andrew Jackson by Andrew Burstein
Who was Andrew Jackson really? And should we, almost 200 years later, care?
First answer could be war hero, tyrant, uneducated, brilliant, murderer, savior, adulterer, white supremacist, and more. Second answer is YES. We need to care, for he changed the American presidency forever, and we have elected, or almost have, others like him for similar reasons.
Author Burstein says beware the politician who seems to make our complex world too simple; who sees issues in black and white instead of their varied shades of grey. He may win your heart, and lose your country.
-Ken
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