Theodore Roosevelt was the most consequential U.S. president of the 20th century. For good or ill, Roosevelt transformed the American presidency from its late-19th-century role as the servant of Congress into the dynamic leadership position of today, setting the nation’s agenda.
Acclaimed historian David S. Brown thoroughly examines Theodore Roosevelt in his new biography of our 26th president, “In the Arena: Theodore Roosevelt in War, Peace, and Revolution.” In it, Roosevelt is revealed as an American original.
