Hail to the Chief The Making and Unmaking of American Presidents

Name: Hail to the Chief The Making and Unmaking of American Presidents
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ISBN: 9780195145823

ISBN-10: 0195145828

ISBN-13: 9780195145823

Edition: 2001

Authors: Robert Dallek

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The Presidency of the United States is our nation's most challenging position. It has subjected many men to public vilification, condemned numerous others to historical obscurity, and exalted a few to lofty positions in our nation's history. But what is it that separates the revered from the reviled? Now, in Hail to the Chief, Robert Dallek offers an engaging examination of presidential excellence and failure. For some of our chief executives, great crisis meant great opportunity, as can be seen in the lasting legacies of Washington, Lincoln, and FDR. But what of presidents such as Ronald Reagan, who succeeded despite having served during relatively benign times? And what of luck? Isn't it…

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List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/15/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.11" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Robert Dallek is the author of An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 and Nixon and Kissinger , among other books. His writing has appeared in The New York Times , The Washington Post , The Atlantic Monthly , and Vanity Fair . He lives in Washington, D.C.



Introduction



"The Vision Thing"



Chameleons on Plaid



E Pluribus Unum: The Virtues of Consensus



The Power and Limits of Presidential Personality



In Presidents We Trust


Afterword


Sources


Index