The Impossible Presidency
The Rise and Fall of America's Highest Office

This is a broad perspective of the office of the presidency geared towards more casual readers; while it’s fairly dense, it’s not overly formal or academic. There are flaws in the book for sure (the last chapter feels fairly biased), but it’s a relatively easy read for essentially an academic book,......more

This is a survey, an overview of the U.S. Presidency, from its conception at the Continental Congress through the present day. It's an attempt to place the advent of Donald Trump in a context going back to 1789, tracing the trajectory of the office. The author doesn't attempt a full history of all t......more

In The Impossible Presidency, Jeremi Suri profiles ten presidents. While there has been a presidential evolution, Suri feels that the office may be too powerful for one man to handle.......more

President light quick tour through major steps in evolution of presidency. In last few chapters tone shifts from exposition to advocacy and base preference for progressive liberal values comes through in subtle maybe even unconscious phrasing. Nice light read but a little hollow. 3.0 / 5.0......more

Professor and historian Jeremi Suri's The Impossible Presidency shines. Neither ornate nor prosaic, his words are well-chosen, his metaphors apt, the construction of the argument convincing (to me, at least). A previous work, Kissinger and the American Century, rests on my desks regularly consulted,......more