Star-Spangled Men: America's Ten Worst Presidents - Couverture souple

Miller, Nathan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0684852063 ISBN 13 : 9780684852065

Editeur : Scribner, 1999

Synopsis

Picking America's best presidents is easy. George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt usually lead the list, But choosing the nation's worst presidents requires more thought. In Star-Spangled Men, respected presidential biographer Nathan Miller puts on display those leaders who were abject failures as chief executive. With pointed humor and a deft hand, he presents a rogues' gallery of the men who dropped the presidential ball, and sometimes their pants as well.
Miller includes Richard M. Nixon, who was forced to resign to escape impeachment; Jimmy Carter, who proved that the White House is not the place for on-the-job training; and Warren G. Harding, who gave "being in the closet" new meaning as he carried on extramarital interludes in one near the Oval Office. This current edition also includes a new assessment of Bill Clinton -- who has admitted lying to his family, his aides, his cabinet, and the American people.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Nathan Miller (1927–2004) was an award-winning journalist and the Pulitzer Prize–nominated author of twelve works of history and biography, including FDR: An Intimate History, Theodore Roosevelt: A Life, and War at Sea.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Scribner
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0684852063
• ISBN 13: 9780684852065
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 284
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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