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Sto caricando le informazioni... Presidents: The Transformation of the American Presidencydi Stephen Graubard
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. A comprerhensive and well written history of the Presidents of the United States that looks at each man individually and as part of the historic whole. Very interesting to see the men as individuals and to look at the paths that led them to the White house. Graubard effectively makes his case that the primary system has dumbed down the presidency and while the old political machines were corrupt and undemocratic they did elevate some great men to the top office. ( ) I'm reading this book at the moment, and so far I've found it thorough, interesting and easy to read. It's an overview of the Presidency throughout the 20th century, and yet it manages to retain quite a bit of detail. In style and objective, it's very much like Peter Hennessy's book 'The Prime Minister: The Office And Its Holders Since 1945' (which, incidentally, is superb). One strange thing: I'm nearly at the end of the Truman chapter now, and I've just noticed that Graubard has skipped over August 1945 without even the vaguest mention of America's dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The word 'Hiroshima' doesn't even appear in the index! The book generally goes into important decisions and relationships in a fair bit of detail, so this glaring omission is pretty staggering. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
In this magisterial examination of the Presidency over the course of the 20th Century, the author explores the history of the world's greatest elective office and the role each incumbent has played in changing the scope of its powers. Using individual presidential portraits of each of the presidents of the past century Graubard asks, and answers, a wide variety of crucial questions about each President. What intellectual, social and political assets did they bring to the White House, and how quickly did they deplete or mortgage that capital? How well did they cope with crises, foreign and domestic? How much attention did they pay to their election pledges after they were elected? How did they use the media, old and new? Above all, how did they conduct themselves in office and what legacy did they leave to their successors? Graubard provides original analysis in each case, and reaches many surprising conclusions. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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