Abbott Bad Presidents

Failure in the White House
2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-30659-3
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 260 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: The Evolving American Presidency

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Abbott, P.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Classifications: Presidents and Kings 2. John Tyler: The First Bad President? 3. The 'Irredeemables': Millard Fillmore 4. The 'Irredeemables': Franklin Pierce 5. The 'Irredeemables': James Buchanan 6. Lincoln in Reverse: Andrew Johnson 7. The First Hidden Hand Bad President: Ulysses S. Grant 8. The 'Irresponsibles': Warren G. Harding 9. The 'Irresponsibles': Calvin Coolidge 10. The 'Irresponsibles': Herbert Hoover 11. Ex Parte Exercitii: Richard Nixon 12. The Latest Bad President?: George W. Bush Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Philip Abbott is Distinguished University Professor at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA. His recent books include Accidental Presidents: Death, Assassination, Resignation and Democratic Succession (2008) and Political Thought in America: Conversations and Debates, fourth edition (2010). He has published articles in a number of journals, including Journal of Politics, Presidential Studies Quarterly, and Perspectives on Politics. He has held the Thomas Jefferson Chair in American Studies at the University of Amsterdam.