{"product_id":"hail-to-the-chief-the-making-and-unmaking-of-american-presidents-9780195145823","title":"Hail to the Chief: The Making and Unmaking of American Presidents","description":"The Presidency of the United States is our nation's most challenging position. It has subjected many men to public vilification, condemned numerous others to historical obscurity, and exalted a few to lofty positions in our nation's history. But what is it that separates the revered from the\u003cbr\u003ereviled? Now, in \u003cem\u003eHail to the Chief\u003c\/em\u003e, Robert Dallek offers an engaging examination of presidential excellence and failure.\u003cbr\u003e For some of our chief executives, great crisis meant great opportunity, as can be seen in the lasting legacies of Washington, Lincoln, and FDR. But what of presidents such as Ronald Reagan, who succeeded despite having served during relatively benign times? And what of luck? Isn't it possible\u003cbr\u003ethat the onset of The Great Depression doomed a competent and intelligent Herbert Hoover to failure? In answer to these questions, Robert Dallek investigates the five qualities--vision, pragmatism, consensus, charisma, and trust--that have defined our most effective presidents. The product of\u003cbr\u003emeticulous research, the book presents numerous examples of these qualities in action, and also details the failures that accompany their absence.\u003cbr\u003e From Washington's masterful efforts at nation building to Lincoln's leadership through the greatest crisis in the country's history; from the beneficent paternalism of FDR to Lyndon Johnson's tragic miscalculations in Vietnam and his achievements in advancing civil rights, Dallek offers a\u003cbr\u003epenetrating analysis of the presidency, the personalities who have defined it, and the strategies that led to their triumphs and defeats.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Dallek\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195145823\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2002 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Dallek\u003c\/strong\u003e has taught history at several universities, including Columbia, UCLA, Boston University, and Oxford. He is the author of several books, including \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Books \u003cem\u003eLone Star Rising: Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1908-1960, Flawed Giant: Lyndon Johnson and His Times, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003e1961-1973, The American Style of Foreign Policy: Cultural Politics and Foreign Affairs\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eFranklin D. Roosevelt and American Foreign Policy, 1932-1945\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the Bancroft Prize and was a nominee for the American Book Award in History.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40042121330803,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":19.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_963889e9-4663-4518-8064-3d85109f4339.jpg?v=1651014299","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/hail-to-the-chief-the-making-and-unmaking-of-american-presidents-9780195145823","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}