The presidents noted historians rank America's best--and worst--chief executives
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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2019.
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| 100 | 1 | |a Lamb, Brian, |d 1941- |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The presidents : |b noted historians rank America's best--and worst--chief executives / |c Brian Lamb, Susan Swain, and C-SPAN ; special contributions by Douglas Brinkley, Edna Greene Medford, Richard Norton Smith. |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b PublicAffairs, |c 2019. | |
| 264 | 4 | |c Ã2019 | |
| 300 | |a xxi, 523 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 25 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-509) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |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. | |
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Presidents |z United States. | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Political campaigns |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Television in politics |z United States. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Brinkley, Douglas, |e contributor. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Medford, Edna Greene, |e contributor. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Smith, Richard Norton, |d 1953- |e contributor. | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Swain, Susan, |e author. | |
| 710 | 2 | |a C-SPAN (Television network), |e editor. | |
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