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Genre/Form: | Biography History |
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Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Robert W Merry |
ISBN: | 9781451625400 1451625405 9781451625424 1451625421 9781451625431 145162543X |
OCLC Number: | 755213541 |
Description: | xxii, 298 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Contents: | Introduction: The great white house rating game -- I. The historians -- The judgment of history -- The vagaries of history -- II. The people -- The making of the presidency -- The presidential referendum -- The judgment of the electorate -- The stain of failure -- III. The test of greatness -- War and peace -- Split-decision presidents -- Leaders of destiny -- IV. Reputations in flux -- Republican resurgence -- The post-Cold War presidents -- Conclusion: Clear and present danger. |
Responsibility: | Robert W. Merry. |
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Abstract:
Merry examines how and why presidents succeed and fail by recounting the judgments of historians and comparing them to how the voters saw things.

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