Where They Stand

Zusatztext [A] shrewdly conceived and elegantly written short book.This is beach reading for wonks that expertly navigates 44 shades of gray. Informationen zum Autor Robert W. Merry is the author of five previous books, including President McKinley: Architect of the American Century and A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent . He spent a decade covering Washington for The Wall Street Journal 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 The National Interest and The American Conservative. He lives with his wife, Susan, in Langley, Washington, and Washington, DC. Klappentext 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 pollsLincoln, 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 pollstersand against the author himself. In this year of raucous presidential politics, Where They Stand will provide a context for the unfolding campaign drama. Zusammenfassung The author of the acclaimed biography of President James Polk offers a fresh! playful! and challenging way of playing America's favorite gameby pitching historians' views and subsequent experts' polls against the judgment and votes of the presidents' own contemporaries. Robert W. Merry presents a fresh! playful! and challenging way of playing America's favorite game! Rating the Presidents! by pitching historian's views and experts' polls against the judgment and votes of the presidents' contemporaries. ...

#8220;[A] shrewdly conceived and elegantly written short book….This is beach reading for wonks that expertly navigates 44 shades of gray.”

Autorentext
Robert W. Merry is the author of five previous books, including President McKinley: Architect of the American Century and A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent. He spent a decade covering Washington for The Wall Street Journal 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 The National Interest and The American Conservative. He lives with his wife, Susan, in Langley, Washington, and Washington, DC.

Klappentext
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.

Zusammenfassung
The author of the acclaimed biography of President James Polk offers a fresh, playful, and challenging way of playing America’s favorite game—by pitching historians’ views and subsequent experts’ polls against the judgment and votes of the presidents’ own contemporaries.

Robert W. Merry presents a fresh, playful, and challenging way of playing America’s favorite game, “Rating the Presidents,” by pitching historian’s views and experts’ polls against the judgment and votes of the presidents’ contemporaries.

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