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Presidential Leadership: Rating the Best and the Worst in the White House (2004)

by James Taranto (Editor), Leonard Leo (Editor)

Other authors: John S. Baker, Jr. (Contributor), Fred Barnes (Contributor), Michael Barone (Contributor), Robert L. Bartley (Contributor), William J. Bennett (Foreword)44 more, Max Boot (Contributor), Robert H. Bork (Contributor), H. W. Brands (Contributor), Thomas J. Bray (Contributor), Douglas G. Brinkley (Contributor), Richard Brookhiser (Contributor), Christopher Buckley (Contributor), Steven G. Calabresi (Introduction), Lynne Cheney (Contributor), Cynthia Crossen (Contributor), Robert Dallek (Contributor), Mark Wendell DeLaquil (Contributor), John DiIiulio, Jr. (Contributor), Pete du Pont (Contributor), Terry Eastland (Contributor), Robert H. Ferrell (Contributor), Suzanne Garment (Contributor), Robert P. George (Contributor), Paul A. Gigot (Contributor), John Steele Gordon (Contributor), Victor Davis Hanson (Contributor), Ari Hoogenboom (Contributor), Paul Johnson (Contributor), Jessica King (Contributor), Melanie Kirkpatrick (Contributor), James Lindgren (Contributor), Harvey C. Mansfield (Contributor), John S. McCain (Contributor), Forrest McDonald (Contributor), John C. McGinnis (Contributor), Edwin Meese, III (Contributor), Brendan Miniter (Contributor), Joshua Muravchik (Contributor), Peggy Noonan (Contributor), Theodore B. Olson (Contributor), Allan Peskin (Contributor), Jeremy Rabkin (Contributor), Glenn Harlan Reynolds (Contributor), David B. Rivkin, Jr. (Contributor), Richard Norton Smith (Contributor), Matthew Spalding (Contributor), Kenneth S. Starr (Contributor), Jeffrey K. Tullis (Contributor), Jay Winik (Contributor)

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Where Does Your Favorite President Rank? Based on a completely new nationwide survey prepared exclusively for this edition of Presidential Leadership, two of America's most prominent institutions, The Wall Street Journal and the Federalist Society, explore just what it is that makes a president great and then rank each from best to worst. Now with updated chapters on Bush and "Leadership in the Midst of Controversy," a wide range of eminent scholars, journalists, and political leaders evaluate the competence of our nation's chief executives, including that of George W. Bush's first complete term in office. From John McCain on Teddy Roosevelt to Kenneth Starr on Richard Nixon, editors James Taranto and Leonard Leo have collected a series of lively, provocative, and highly readable essays evaluating the terms of each of the forty-three U.S. presidents. Other contributors include Douglas Brinkley on James Polk, Melanie Kirkpatrick on Millard Fillmore, Jay Winik on Abraham Lincoln, and Lynne Cheney on James Madison. Fascinating and often surprising, the book reveals who was voted the most controversial and who was the most over- and underrated from the nationwide survey of liberal and conservative scholars, balanced to reflect the political makeup of the U.S. population as a whole. Presidential Leadership is a pleasure to read and an authoritative reference for every library.… (more)
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Six of one, half dozen of the other. I get that the editors endeavored to present a balanced picture of the men who have led America from the time it was declared such, but for me it would have been a more balanced book had they consulted History Professors only. I don't believe that Political Scientists or Law Professors can be "balanced". The book is interesting none-the-less. It finishes in the middle of George W, Bush's administration. ( )
  gmillar | Mar 17, 2023 |
An interesting effort to rank some of America's greatest and worst presidents. There are sufficient arguments for both sides that are presented by the various authors. Nevertheless, it is impossible to rank ANYTING withouut disagreement. ( )
  rsplenda477 | Mar 27, 2013 |
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Taranto, JamesEditorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Leo, LeonardEditormain authorall editionsconfirmed
Baker, John S., Jr.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Barnes, FredContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Barone, MichaelContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bartley, Robert L.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bennett, William J.Forewordsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Boot, MaxContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bork, Robert H.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Brands, H. W.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bray, Thomas J.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Brinkley, Douglas G.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Brookhiser, RichardContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Buckley, ChristopherContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Calabresi, Steven G.Introductionsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Cheney, LynneContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Crossen, CynthiaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Dallek, RobertContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
DeLaquil, Mark WendellContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
DiIiulio, John, Jr.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
du Pont, PeteContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Eastland, TerryContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Ferrell, Robert H.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Garment, SuzanneContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
George, Robert P.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gigot, Paul A.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gordon, John SteeleContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hanson, Victor DavisContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hoogenboom, AriContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Johnson, PaulContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
King, JessicaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Kirkpatrick, MelanieContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Lindgren, JamesContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Mansfield, Harvey C.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
McCain, John S.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
McDonald, ForrestContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
McGinnis, John C.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Meese, Edwin, IIIContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Miniter, BrendanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Muravchik, JoshuaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Noonan, PeggyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Peskin, AllanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Rabkin, JeremyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Reynolds, Glenn HarlanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Rivkin, David B., Jr.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Smith, Richard NortonContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Spalding, MatthewContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Starr, Kenneth S.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Tullis, Jeffrey K.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Where Does Your Favorite President Rank? Based on a completely new nationwide survey prepared exclusively for this edition of Presidential Leadership, two of America's most prominent institutions, The Wall Street Journal and the Federalist Society, explore just what it is that makes a president great and then rank each from best to worst. Now with updated chapters on Bush and "Leadership in the Midst of Controversy," a wide range of eminent scholars, journalists, and political leaders evaluate the competence of our nation's chief executives, including that of George W. Bush's first complete term in office. From John McCain on Teddy Roosevelt to Kenneth Starr on Richard Nixon, editors James Taranto and Leonard Leo have collected a series of lively, provocative, and highly readable essays evaluating the terms of each of the forty-three U.S. presidents. Other contributors include Douglas Brinkley on James Polk, Melanie Kirkpatrick on Millard Fillmore, Jay Winik on Abraham Lincoln, and Lynne Cheney on James Madison. Fascinating and often surprising, the book reveals who was voted the most controversial and who was the most over- and underrated from the nationwide survey of liberal and conservative scholars, balanced to reflect the political makeup of the U.S. population as a whole. Presidential Leadership is a pleasure to read and an authoritative reference for every library.

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