Bad presidents[electronic resource] ...
Abbott, Philip.

 

  • Bad presidents[electronic resource] :failure in the White House /
  • 紀錄類型: 書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
    杜威分類號: 973.09/9
    書名/作者: Bad presidents : failure in the White House // by Philip Abbott.
    作者: Abbott, Philip.
    出版者: New York, New York : : Palgrave Macmillan,, 2013.
    面頁冊數: 1 online resource.
    標題: Presidents - History. - United States
    標題: Political leadership - Case studies. - United States
    標題: United States - Economic conditions - To 1865.
    ISBN: 9781137306593 (electronic bk.)
    ISBN: 1137306599 (electronic bk.)
    內容註: Classifications, presidents and kings -- The first bad president: John Tyler -- The compromise: Millard Fillmore -- The byronic president: Franklin Pierce -- Building the house?: James Buchanan -- Lincoln in reverse: Andrew Johnson -- The first hidden hand bad president: Ulysses S. Grant -- The booster: Warren G. Harding -- The minimalist: Calvin Coolidge -- Weathering the storm: Herbert Hoover -- Ex parte exercitii: Richard Nixon -- The latest bad president?: George W. Bush -- Conclusion.
    摘要、提要註: George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt are always at the top of presidential rankings. But what about those presidents who consistently appear at or near the bottom of these lists? Based on the insights found in Shakespeare's treatment of two bad kings, Abbott identifies two kinds of bad presidents and examines the case for including eleven in this category. In each case study, from John Tyler to Richard Nixon (and possibly George W. Bush), he finds a tipping point that places them in this unenviable category. Abbott concludes by discussing why we elected these bad presidents in the first place and how we might avoid adding future bad presidents to the list.
    電子資源: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
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