ISBN: 9780415763783

What makes a president great? Here is the ideal source for students, scholars, and the general public as we approach the 2000 presidential election. The American Presidents is a collectio… Mehr…

What makes a president great? Here is the ideal source for students, scholars, and the general public as we approach the 2000 presidential election. The American Presidents is a collection of articles that analyze and evaluate the presidential careers of the men who have occupied the office since its inception in 1789. In this volume, the leading presidential historians in the United States offer insights into what makes a president great, mediocre, or-in the case of most of them-something in between. The contributors to The American Presidents were not asked to write straightforward biographies of the presidents; other sources are available for that. Rather, they were asked to evaluate their subjects. No strict patterns were imposed by the editor; each author approached his or her subject in the way that best illustrated the strengths and weaknesses of the president under consideration. Forty-one have held the office of president and all, in one way or another, were exceptional men. Some, like Andrew Jackson and Harry Truman, are usually thought of as representing the "common folk," but nothing was common about either of them. Each proved to be an extraordinary and singular politician able to rally and represent the country through the challenges of their times. Some presidents had achieved brilliance in other fields (Ulysses Grant in the military and Herbert Hoover as an engineer and humanitarian, for example) but had presidencies that are considered unsuccessful. What accounts for this seeming paradox, in which insight, sensitivity, and competence suddenly become "nontransferable" when the man reaches the White House? This book offers the reader multiple perspectives on this and other issues. Examination of the ways in which challenges affect presidential greatness Theodore Roosevelt, a successful president by any standard, was acutely aware that the prosperity and peace the country enjoyed during his two Books Reference~~General American-Presidents~~Melvin-I-Urofsky Taylor & Francis<

ISBN: 0415763789

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2000, ISBN: 9780415763783

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Melvin I. Urofsky, Books, Reference and Language, The American Presidents: Critical Essays Bo… Mehr…

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Melvin I. Urofsky, Books, Reference and Language, The American Presidents: Critical Essays Books>Reference and Language, Routledge<

2000, ISBN: 9780415763783

Paperback, [PU: Taylor & Francis Ltd], First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company., Reference Works