Bibliograph

The presidents, noted historians rank America's best--and worst--chief executives, Brian Lamb, Susan Swain, and C-SPAN ; special contributions by Douglas Brinkley, Edna Greene Medford, Richard Norton Smith

Type

Label

The presidents, noted historians rank America's best--and worst--chief executives, Brian Lamb, Susan Swain, and C-SPAN ; special contributions by Douglas Brinkley, Edna Greene Medford, Richard Norton Smith

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-509) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The presidents

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1096434654

Responsibility statement

Brian Lamb, Susan Swain, and C-SPAN ; special contributions by Douglas Brinkley, Edna Greene Medford, Richard Norton Smith

Sub title

noted historians rank America's best--and worst--chief executives

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

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

Target audience

adult

Classification