The presidents: noted historians rank America's best--and worst--chief executives
(Book)
Author:
Contributors:
Swain, Susan, author.
Brinkley, Douglas, contributor.
Medford, Edna Greene, contributor.
Smith, Richard Norton, 1953- contributor.
C-SPAN (Television network), editor.
Brinkley, Douglas, contributor.
Medford, Edna Greene, contributor.
Smith, Richard Norton, 1953- contributor.
C-SPAN (Television network), editor.
Published:
New York: PublicAffairs, Hachette Book Group, 2019.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First edition
Physical Desc:
xxi, 523 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Status:
Description
Offers a complete ranking of United States presidents from best to worst based on their leadership skills, moral authority, and ability to persuade the public.
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East Lyme Public Adult Non-Fiction
352.2309 Lamb
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Old Saybrook/Acton Adult Non-Fiction
352.23 LAMB
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9781541774339, 1541774337
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references ([507]-509) and index
Description
Offers a complete ranking of United States presidents from best to worst based on their leadership skills, moral authority, and ability to persuade the public.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Lamb, B., Swain, S., Brinkley, D., Medford, E. G., & Smith, R. N. (2019). The presidents: noted historians rank America's best--and worst--chief executives. First edition New York, PublicAffairs, Hachette Book Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Brian Lamb et al.. 2019. The Presidents: Noted Historians Rank America's Best--and Worst--chief Executives. New York, PublicAffairs, Hachette Book Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Brian Lamb et al., The Presidents: Noted Historians Rank America's Best--and Worst--chief Executives. New York, PublicAffairs, Hachette Book Group, 2019.
MLA Citation (style guide)Lamb, Brian, et al. The Presidents: Noted Historians Rank America's Best--and Worst--chief Executives. First edition New York, PublicAffairs, Hachette Book Group, 2019.
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| 505 | 2 | |a A note to readers on style -- Our special contributors -- Introduction / Susan Swain -- The magnificent lion / Richard Norton Smith -- A brief history of presidential rankings / Douglas Brinkley -- The top ten. Abraham Lincoln / Harold Holzer -- George Washington / Ron Chernow -- Franklin D. Roosevelt / Doris Kearns Goodwin -- Dwight D Eisenhower / William I. Hitchcock -- Harry S. Truman / Aida D. Donald -- Thomas Jefferson / Willard Sterne Randall -- John F. Kennedy / Robert Dallek -- Ronald Reagan / Lou Cannon -- Lyndon B. Johnson / Robert A. Caro -- The men in the middle. Woodrow Wilson / A. Scott Berg -- Barack Obama / David J. Garrow -- James Monroe / John Ferling -- James K. Polk / John Seigenthaler -- William McKinley / Robert W. Merry -- Jame Madison / Noah Feldman -- Andrew Jackson / Mark R. Cheathem -- John Adams / Gordon S. Wood -- George H. W. Bush / Jeffrey A. Engel -- John Quincy Adams / James Traub -- Ulysses S. Grant / Ronald C. White -- Grover Cleveland / H. Paul Jeffers -- William Howard Taft / Jeffrey Rosen -- Gerald R. Ford / James Cannon -- Jimmy Carter / Michael J. Gerhardt -- Calvin Coolidge / Amity Shlaes -- Richard M. Nixon / Evan Thomas -- James A. Garfield / Kenneth D. Ackerman -- Benjamin Harrison / Charles W. Calhoun -- Zachary Taylor / Elbert B. Smith -- Rutherford B. Hayes / Ari Hoogenbom -- George W. Bush / James Mann -- And all the rest. Martin Van Buren / Michael Douglas Henderson -- Chester A. Arthur / Scott S. Greenberger -- Herbert Hoover / Richard Norton Smith -- Millard Fillmore / Edna Greene Medford -- William Henry Harrison / Ronald G. Shafer -- John Tyler / Edward P. Grapol -- Warren G Harding / John W. Dean -- Franklin Pierce / Peter A. Wallner -- Andrew Johnson / David O. Stewart -- James Buchanan / Robert Strauss -- Historians' perspectives on president Donald J. Trump / Douglas Brinkley, Edna Greene Medford, and Richard Norton Smith -- Postscript: The presidency, national identity, and the pursuit of equal justice / Edna Greene Medford -- Appendix I: Historians' survey on presidential leadership, total scores and overall rankings -- Appendix II: US presidents in chronological order. | |
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