This brief, thought-provoking text evaluates the performance of recent presidents from Johnson to Bush, finding that, overall, each has failed to live up to public expectations
The Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, the Jefferson Memorial. Why do we devote monuments to the presidents? Why do we honor them, instead of... Læs mere
Stories matter. Stories help us digest information, make sense of our world, understand ourselves and remember. This book... Læs mere
This book systematically examines the first terms of every president from FDR to Joe Biden and assesses the leadership style and policy agenda of each.
This book traces the development of US strategy on nuclear weapons and how presidents from Truman to Biden have wrestled with the question of how best to employ nuclear arms in a dangerous world.
This book examines the Nixon presidency, reviews the events surrounding Watergate and the President’ resignation, and unpacks the effects of Watergate on our politics and public attitudes about the political process.
This book examines how the United States government, through the lens of presidential leadership, has tried to come to grips with the many and complex issues pertaining to relations with Indigenous peoples, who occupied the land long before the Europeans arrived.
The question of the scope of the president’s constitutional authority—if any—to initiate war on behalf of the American people, long the... Læs mere