Allan J. Lichtman
Autore di The Case for Impeachment
Sull'Autore
Allan J. Lichtman is Distinguished Professor of History at American University in Washington, DC. and formerly Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Chair of the Department of History. He is the author or coauthor of eight books, including, most recently, FDP and the Jews (with mostra altro Richard Breitman), which was the National Jewish Book Award in American Jewish History, and was a New York Times Editors' Choice pick and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History. He has also been a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He lives in Maryland. mostra meno
Opere di Allan J. Lichtman
Your Family History: How to Use Oral History, Personal Family Archives and Public Documents to Discover Your Heritage (1978) 24 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1947-04-14
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Bethesda, Maryland, USA
- Istruzione
- Brandeis University (BA | 1967)
Harvard University (PhD | 1973) - Attività lavorative
- historian
Distinguished Professor of History - Organizzazioni
- American Historical Association
Organization of American Historians
Social Science History Association
American University, Washington, D.C., USA - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Phi Beta Kappa
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 20
- Utenti
- 438
- Popolarità
- #55,890
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 8
- ISBN
- 59
Allan J. Lichtman is a professor at American University, who has correctly predicted the election of the past 8 presidents by a mathematical calculation. He predicted Trumps presidency. He also predicted his impeachment.
This book is written in a way that is easy to read, to understand, and to follow, and presents stellar examples of why he believes Trumps narcissism, grandiosity and incapacity would lead to his abuse and misuse of power.
Lichtman starts with a brief history of impeachment, and how it was used by Thomas Jefferson to get rid of judges. He compares Trump to Andrew Johnson, and Richard Nixon. In the first month of his presidency, Trump spoke more about people who do not support him as haters, using hate as a motivator, than any other president. It told his base to separate the followers from the haters and incited division and violence, and is a fight against democracy. He follows Trump's legacy and history.....Trump Foundation, fraudulent charities, Cuba, the Atlantic Casinos, Trump University, Trumps model management. It was emotionally difficult to see his exploitation of immigrant workers, whom were hired at less than minimum wage, working 12-16 hour days, to build Trump Tower. Many of those workers were never paid. When he was sued for payment of the Tower, he lost. Trump took step after step to delay the case for 15 years before settling. He has lost the respect of banks, financial institutions and most refuse to work with him, now that his much respected Grandfather and father have passed. Becoming 'The Apprentice" and being on 'The Celebrity Apprentice' has been the only money he has ever actually earned. This was a blow to his ego.
Most interesting, to me, were when he discusses Trumps businesses in the Philippines and China, his Trump Tampa venture, also in cities in Florida and New York. These stories certainly give example and credence to the character of this man and his business ability. This is a man who claims to know the art of the deal, but doesn't even show up to defend himself against impeachment.......
Lichtman believes because he won the presidency on hate-mongering, grandiosity, and on lies........Hillary Clinton's emails. Obama's birther-ism, his lies about his own wealth, embedding his family into jobs and into the White House, the lies about the unemployment rate, etc. etc.....would make him vulnerable and easily manipulated by the media. This is when he began to hate the media, Obama, the Democrats, blaming them for exposing him by calling it all Fake News, in long rambling speeches. It went against Trump's belief that anything is true if you can get people to believe you. His numerous civil cases (many still pending until he is no longer president), his many bankruptcies and lawsuits will eventually undermine him, and his family, it is believed.
Trumps lies and outright crazy tweets will have ramifications for future Republican party candidates, and Lichtman asserts it will be hard to win back credibility moving forward.
This book is thorough, detailed and is as fascinating to read as it is chilling. If your looking for a book to lay out in an easy to follow timeline of Trump, this is one I would include reading. Excellent points are made.… (altro)