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Greatness in the White House: Rating the Presidents, from Washington Through Ronald Reagan

Greatness in the White House: Rating the Presidents, from Washington Through Ronald Reagan

Murray, Robert
Blessing, Tim

Paperback

19th Century United States History20th Century United States History

ISBN10: 0271024860
ISBN13: 9780271024868
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Published: Sep 15 1993
Pages: 180
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.41 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

A narrative account of the survey of almost 1,000 professional historians on what constitutes a successful performance in the presidency, this survey tells us almost as much about the thinking and biases of historians as it does about the nature of the American presidency.

Besides comparing past presidential polls and constructing a ranking list of the nation's chief executives, this study examines why historians rate presidents the way they do, and it analyzes those qualities and traits historians look for in a successful president. It also delimits what constitutes a failing performance in the White House and marks the major pitfalls that almost assuredly lead to an adverse historical verdict. In the process, the study demonstrates that there is not always a close correlation between what historians say a president should do and what historians obviously feel when actually ranking the performances of the presidents of the United States.

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