Andrew Jackson and the subjugation of the American Indian. Andrew Jackson, defender of New Orleans against the British, stalwart spokesman for the Union against the nullification rumblings of John Calhoun, the common man's champion against special, entrenched interests has been considered both a great President and a symbol for his age. Now, in a provocative psychological stud, Michael Paul Rogin reveals the dark interior of Jackson's life and career, his complex, deep-seated hostility toward the American Indians and his central responsibility for their destruction. @ View More...
