Presidential Leadership: Rating the Best and the Worst in the White House Contributor(s): Taranto, James (Editor), Leo, Leonard (Editor), Bennett, William J. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0743274083 ISBN-13: 9780743274081 Publisher: Free Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: September 2005 Annotation: Combining statistical information with an all-star team of scholars, this lively, provocative, solidly based work serves as both a valuable reference and a tremendously readable collection. Click for more in this series: Wall Street Journal Book |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - General - Political Science | American Government - Executive Branch - Political Science | Political Process - General |
Dewey: B |
Series: Wall Street Journal Book |
Physical Information: 0.79" H x 5.47" W x 8.55" L (0.87 lbs) 320 pages |
Features: Illustrated, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
Review Citations: Ingram Advance 09/01/2005 pg. 87 |
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Publisher Description: Where Does Your Favorite President Rank? Based on a completely new nationwide survey prepared exclusively for this edition of Presidential Leadership, two of America's most prominent institutions, The Wall Street Journal and the Federalist Society, explore just what it is that makes a president great and then rank each from best to worst. Now with updated chapters on Bush and Leadership in the Midst of Controversy, a wide range of eminent scholars, journalists, and political leaders evaluate the competence of our nation's chief executives, including that of George W. Bush's first complete term in office. From John McCain on Teddy Roosevelt to Kenneth Starr on Richard Nixon, editors James Taranto and Leonard Leo have collected a series of lively, provocative, and highly readable essays evaluating the terms of each of the forty-three U.S. presidents. Other contributors include Douglas Brinkley on James Polk, Melanie Kirkpatrick on Millard Fillmore, Jay Winik on Abraham Lincoln, and Lynne Cheney on James Madison. Fascinating and often surprising, the book reveals who was voted the most controversial and who was the most over- and underrated from the nationwide survey of liberal and conservative scholars, balanced to reflect the political makeup of the U.S. population as a whole. Presidential Leadership is a pleasure to read and an authoritative reference for every library. |
Contributor Bio(s): Taranto, James: - James Taranto is editor of OpinionJournal.com, the website of The Wall Street Journal's editorial page.Leo, Leonard: - Leonard Leo serves as executive vice president of the Federalist Society, an organization of 35,000 lawyers and other individuals committed to limited, constitutional government as envisioned by the framers of the Constitution. |
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