Imperfect Presidents by Jim Cullen

Imperfect Presidents by Jim Cullen

When people make bad decisions, odd remarks, and just plain silly mistakes, the results are sure to haunt them. But when these things happen to the president of the United States, they can change the course of history. In this clever portrait of the American presidency, Jim Cullen takes ten presidents down from their pedestals by examining key missteps in their careers--and how they transcended them. Examples include Abraham Lincoln smearing a preacher and rediscovering his religious vision in emancipating slaves; Lyndon Johnson's electoral fraud in his 1948 Senate race and his role in the signing of the Voting Rights Act; and Ronald Reagan's subversion of the Constitution in the Iran-Contra affair and affirmation of world peace in helping bring about the end of the Cold War. Targeting Republicans and Democrats alike, Cullen's insights are surprisingly timely and hugely entertaining.

JIM CULLEN is the author of Born in the USA, which was a Literary Guild Alternate, The American Dream, The Art of Democracy, and The Civil War in Popular Culture. He has taught at both Harvard and Brown and currently teaches at The Ethical Culture Fieldston School, USA.

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ISBN 13	9781403975133
ISBN 10	1403975132
Title	Imperfect Presidents
Author	Jim Cullen
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Publisher	Palgrave USA
Year published	2007-03-20
Number of pages	256
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