The American Presidency, Robert Dallek
The American Presidency, Robert Dallek
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The American Presidency
From Theodore Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan

Author: Robert Dallek

Narrator: Robert Dallek

Unabridged: 8 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/03/2008


Synopsis

The 20th-century American Presidency is something of a mystery. Some Presidents performed exceptionally well in office, displaying strong leadership and winning the respect of the American people as well as the rest of the world. Others fell short of expectations and are remembered at best as marginal chief executives. What was it that allowed some to rise to greatness while others failed? What elusive mix of character traits, circumstance, and determination combine to mold the shape of a Presidential Administration? This course explores the tenures of the men who held our nation's highest office during the 20th-century. The lectures look at each President and examine their strengths and weaknesses as well as the times in which they served. Through this analysis listeners will develop a better understanding not only of this supreme office and how it has taken shape, but also how it has shaped America and, indeed, the modern world.

About Robert Dallek

Robert Dallek is the author of several bestselling presidential histories, including Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power; An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917–1963; and the classic two-volume biography of Lyndon Johnson, Lone Star Rising and Flawed Giant. He has taught at Columbia, Oxford, UCLA, Boston University, and Dartmouth, and has won the Bancroft Prize, among numerous other awards for scholarship and teaching. He lives in Washington, D.C.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kelsey

I read this book for a college political science class, and on the whole I would call it a decent textbook. It follows the development of the executive office in chronological order, focusing on the specific innovations related to each consecutive presidency. I think it does a fairly decent job of a......more

Goodreads review by William

I found this book to be both a good introductory analysis of the office of the American Executive itself, as well as a cursory look into several presidencies that I was not as familiar with. It is interesting to see the development of executive authority and action, as well as what was transpiring po......more

Goodreads review by Zach

Read for one of the hardest classes I ever took. Kinda dry but interesting content.......more

Goodreads review by Mare

a great book to understand the way the way the presidency has evolved in the past few centuries.......more