Bad Presidents [electronic resource] : Failure in the White House /
Abbott, P.author.
Bad Presidents seeks to interpret the meaning of presidential 'badness' by investigating the ways in which eleven presidents were 'bad.' The author brings a unique, and often amusing perspective on the idea of the presidency, and begins a new conversation about the definition of presidential success and failure.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface              ; One Classifications: Kings and Presidents                                                ; Two The First Bad President?: John Tyler                                               ; Three The Compromise: Millard Fillmore                                             ; Four The Byronic President: Franklin Pierce                                                  ; Five Building the House?: James Buchanan
Six Lincoln in Reverse: Andrew Johnson                                             Seven The First Bad "Hidden-Hand" President: Ulysses S. Grant                                                                    ; Eight The Booster: Warren G. Harding                                           ; Nine The Minimalist: Calvin Coolidge                                           ; Ten Weathering the Storm: Herbert Hoover                                               ; Eleven Ex Parte Exercitii : Richard M. Nixon
Twelve The Latest Bad President?: George W. Bush                                                       Thirteen Conclusion                          ; Notes            ; Index
Includes index.
Bad Presidents seeks to interpret the meaning of presidential 'badness' by investigating the ways in which eleven presidents were 'bad.' The author brings a unique, and often amusing perspective on the idea of the presidency, and begins a new conversation about the definition of presidential success and failure.
Presidents
European Politics.
Political History.
Political Science.
Comparative Politics.
US History.
US Politics.