{"product_id":"where-they-stand-the-american-presidents-in-the-eyes-of-voters-and-historians-9781451625424","title":"Where They Stand: The American Presidents in the Eyes of Voters and Historians","description":"The author of the acclaimed biography of President James Polk, A Country of Vast Designs, offers a fresh, playful, and challenging way of playing \"Rating the Presidents,\" by pitching historians' views and subsequent experts' polls against the judgment and votes of the presidents' own contemporaries. Merry posits that presidents rise and fall based on performance, as judged by the electorate. Thus, he explores the presidency by comparing the judgments of historians with how the voters saw things. Was the president reelected? If so, did his party hold office in the next election? Where They Stand examines the chief executives Merry calls \"Men of Destiny, '' those who set the country toward new directions. There are six of them, including the three nearly always at the top of all academic polls--Lincoln, Washington, and FDR. He describes the \"Split-Decision Presidents'' (including Wilson and Nixon)--successful in their first terms and reelected; less successful in their second terms and succeeded by the opposition party. He describes the \"Near Greats'' (Jefferson, Jackson, Polk, TR, Truman), the \"War Presidents'' (Madison, McKinley, Lyndon Johnson), the flat-out failures (Buchanan, Pierce), and those whose standing has fluctuated (Grant, Cleveland, Eisenhower). This voyage through our history provides a probing and provocative analysis of how presidential politics works and how the country sets its course. Where They Stand invites readers to pitch their opinions against the voters of old, the historians, the pollsters--and against the author himself. In this year of raucous presidential politics, Where They Stand will provide a context for the unfolding campaign drama.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert W. Merry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451625424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/25\/2013 pg. 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMerry, Robert W.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Robert W. Merry is the author of five previous books, including \u003ci\u003ePresident McKinley: Architect of the American Century \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent\u003c\/i\u003e. He spent a decade covering Washington for \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and served as an executive at Congressional Quarterly Inc. for twenty-two years, including twelve years as CEO. He also is the former editor of \u003ci\u003eThe National Interest \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe American Conservative.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives with his wife, Susan, in Langley, Washington, and Washington, DC.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44939188174963,"sku":"9781451625424","price":20.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_8f73ebcd-3e59-44c3-a097-1b8218c5c19c.jpg?v=1778250676","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/where-they-stand-the-american-presidents-in-the-eyes-of-voters-and-historians-9781451625424","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}