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The Modern American Presidency: Second Edition, Revised and Updated
Lewis L. Gould
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Description for The Modern American Presidency: Second Edition, Revised and Updated
Hardcover. Offers a synthesis filled with intriguing insights into the presidency's evolution during America's rise to global prominence. This title traces the decline of the party system, the increasing importance of the media and its role in creating the president-as-celebrity, and the growth of the White House staff and executive bureaucracy. Num Pages: 360 pages, 38 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
When the first edition of this book appeared in 2003, it was chosen as a Main Selection of both the Book-of-the-Month Club and History Book Club and quickly became the standard work on the modern American presidency - from William McKinley through William Jefferson Clinton. In that original edition, Lewis L. Gould argued that, while the president may be the most powerful man in the world, most presidents have fallen well short of the daunting challenges that confronted them while in office. During George W. Bush's two administrations, as Gould discusses in a substantial new chapter, those challenges grew in ... Read more
When the first edition of this book appeared in 2003, it was chosen as a Main Selection of both the Book-of-the-Month Club and History Book Club and quickly became the standard work on the modern American presidency - from William McKinley through William Jefferson Clinton. In that original edition, Lewis L. Gould argued that, while the president may be the most powerful man in the world, most presidents have fallen well short of the daunting challenges that confronted them while in office. During George W. Bush's two administrations, as Gould discusses in a substantial new chapter, those challenges grew in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700616831
SKU
V9780700616831
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About Lewis L. Gould
Lewis L. Gould's many books include The Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt and Four Hats in the Ring: The 1912 Election and the Birth of Modern American Politics. He lives in Austin, Texas.
Reviews for The Modern American Presidency: Second Edition, Revised and Updated
An astute primer in executive power and privilege [and] a concise, intelligent survey of the transformations of the White House over the past century. Publishers Weekly ""Stylishly prepared and elegantly served up by one of America's most thoughtful, and thought-provoking, scholars."" Richard Norton Smith, noted PBS political commentator ""A joy to read and pleasantly provocative, Gould's masterful work is perfect ... Read more