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The impossible presidency : the rise and fall of America's highest office
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Overview
Why have recent presidents failed to create the change they promised? Should we blame the individual men, all flawed in their own ways? Or are there fundamental reasons why modern presidents fail to deliver, time and time again? In The Impossible Presidency, historian Jeremi Suri charts the long rise and quick fall of the world's most important job, from the 1790s to the present day. As he shows, early presidents greatly expanded the power of the office beyond the limited role envisioned by the founders. Suri argues that the immense accomplishments of Washington, Jackson, Lincoln and FDR left their successors with outsized and unrealistic expectations. John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson and Ronald Reagan lost control of their agendas as they were buffeted by the onrush of events and threats their predecessors never had to face. Clinton and Obama were propelled to the presidency by their personal stories but hamstrung by prurient, partisan, and prejudiced criticisms of their leadership. Contemporary presidents must react to a truly globalized world and a rapid twenty-four-our news cycle. There is little room left for bold, strategic thinking. Suri traces our disenchantment with recent presidents to the current mismatch between presidential promises and the limitations of the office.
Publisher
Basic Books
Subject
Presidents United States History.
/ Political leadership United States History.
/ Executive power United States History.
/ Presidents United States Biography.
/ BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Presidents & Heads of State.
/ HISTORY United States 19th Century.
/ HISTORY United States 20th Century.
/ HISTORY United States 21st Century.
/ HISTORY United States Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
/ POLITICAL SCIENCE American Government Executive Branch.
/ POLITICAL SCIENCE American Government National.
ISBN
9780465051731, 0465051731
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| Call Number | Copies | Material | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| JK516.S84 2017 | 1 | BOOK | AUTOSTORE |
