Kendrick A. Clements (born February 7, 1939) is a retired history professor and author in

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. He wrote books about U.S. president

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, who spent some of his childhood in South Carolina, as well as papers and books on

James F. Byrnes James Francis Byrnes ( ; May 2, 1882 – April 9, 1972) was an American judge and politician from South Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in U.S. Congress and on the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as in the executive branch, mos ...

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, and

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. He retired from the University of South Carolina in 2006 and has emeritus status at the school. Clements received a B.A. from

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and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the

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. He was interviewed for the 1997 film ''Woodrow Wilson: Reluctant Warrior''. He discussed one of his books on Wilson on

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April 16, 2013. Clements wrote that Wilson, who segregated federal workers in the United States, "had none of the crude, vicious racism of

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, but he was insensitive to African-American feelings and aspirations." Clements wrote for a

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website addressing Wilson's legacy and the university's buildings and programs named for Wilson. A

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writeup described one of his books on Wilson as "not very urgent or thought-provoking." His book on Herbert Hoover's environmental policies was described as exhaustive in a review. Nancy Unger gave the book a mostly favorable review.

Bibliography

*''James F. Byrnes and the Origins of the Cold War'', editor (1982) *''William Jennings Bryan, Missionary Isolationist'' (1982) *''Woodrow Wilson, World Statesman'' (1987; revised ed. 1999; electronic ed. 2014); *''The Presidency of Woodrow Wilson'' (1992) *''Hoover, Conservation, and Consumerism: Engineering the Good Life'' (2000) *''The Life of Herbert Hoover: Imperfect Visionary, 1918-1928'' (2010) *''Woodrow Wilson'', co-authored with Eric A. Cheezum

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