The Resource The impossible presidency : the rise and fall of America's highest office, Jeremi Suri
The impossible presidency : the rise and fall of America's highest office, Jeremi Suri
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- Summary
- Why have recent presidents failed to create the change they promised? Should we blame the individual men, all flawed in their own ways? Or are there fundamental reasons why modern presidents fail to deliver, time and time again? In The Impossible Presidency, historian Jeremi Suri charts the long rise and quick fall of the world's most important job, from the 1790s to the present day. As he shows, early presidents greatly expanded the power of the office beyond the limited role envisioned by the founders. Suri argues that the immense accomplishments of Washington, Jackson, Lincoln and FDR left their successors with outsized and unrealistic expectations. John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson and Ronald Reagan lost control of their agendas as they were buffeted by the onrush of events and threats their predecessors never had to face. Clinton and Obama were propelled to the presidency by their personal stories but hamstrung by prurient, partisan, and prejudiced criticisms of their leadership. Contemporary presidents must react to a truly globalized world and a rapid twenty-four-our news cycle. There is little room left for bold, strategic thinking. Suri traces our disenchantment with recent presidents to the current mismatch between presidential promises and the limitations of the office
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxiii, 343 pages
- Contents
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- Rise. Origins ; First executive ; People's president ; Poet at war ; Progressive president ; National healer
- Fall. Frustrated frontiersmen ; Leading actor ; Magicians of possibility
- Epilogue : new beginning
- Isbn
- 9780465051731
- Label
- The impossible presidency : the rise and fall of America's highest office
- Title
- The impossible presidency
- Title remainder
- the rise and fall of America's highest office
- Statement of responsibility
- Jeremi Suri
- Title variation
- Rise and fall of America's highest office
- Subject
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- Executive power
- Executive power -- United States -- History
- HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- HISTORY / United States / 21st Century
- HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
- History
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State
- Political leadership -- United States -- History
- Politics and government
- Presidents
- Presidents -- United States -- Biography
- Presidents -- United States -- History
- United States
- United States -- Politics and government
- Political leadership
- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Why have recent presidents failed to create the change they promised? Should we blame the individual men, all flawed in their own ways? Or are there fundamental reasons why modern presidents fail to deliver, time and time again? In The Impossible Presidency, historian Jeremi Suri charts the long rise and quick fall of the world's most important job, from the 1790s to the present day. As he shows, early presidents greatly expanded the power of the office beyond the limited role envisioned by the founders. Suri argues that the immense accomplishments of Washington, Jackson, Lincoln and FDR left their successors with outsized and unrealistic expectations. John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson and Ronald Reagan lost control of their agendas as they were buffeted by the onrush of events and threats their predecessors never had to face. Clinton and Obama were propelled to the presidency by their personal stories but hamstrung by prurient, partisan, and prejudiced criticisms of their leadership. Contemporary presidents must react to a truly globalized world and a rapid twenty-four-our news cycle. There is little room left for bold, strategic thinking. Suri traces our disenchantment with recent presidents to the current mismatch between presidential promises and the limitations of the office
- Cataloging source
- JAI
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Suri, Jeremi
- Dewey number
- 352.23
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- JK516
- LC item number
- .S84 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Presidents
- Political leadership
- Executive power
- Presidents
- United States
- Executive power
- United States
- Executive power
- Political leadership
- Politics and government
- Presidents
- United States
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State
- HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- HISTORY / United States / 21st Century
- HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National
- Label
- The impossible presidency : the rise and fall of America's highest office, Jeremi Suri
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-330) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
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- Contents
- Rise. Origins ; First executive ; People's president ; Poet at war ; Progressive president ; National healer -- Fall. Frustrated frontiersmen ; Leading actor ; Magicians of possibility -- Epilogue : new beginning
- Control code
- 1002854936
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxiii, 343 pages
- Isbn
- 9780465051731
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1002854936
- Label
- The impossible presidency : the rise and fall of America's highest office, Jeremi Suri
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-330) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Rise. Origins ; First executive ; People's president ; Poet at war ; Progressive president ; National healer -- Fall. Frustrated frontiersmen ; Leading actor ; Magicians of possibility -- Epilogue : new beginning
- Control code
- 1002854936
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxiii, 343 pages
- Isbn
- 9780465051731
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1002854936
Subject
- Executive power
- Executive power -- United States -- History
- HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- HISTORY / United States / 21st Century
- HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
- History
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State
- Political leadership -- United States -- History
- Politics and government
- Presidents
- Presidents -- United States -- Biography
- Presidents -- United States -- History
- United States
- United States -- Politics and government
- Political leadership
- Biography
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