Worst. President. Ever.: James Buchanan, the POTUS Rating Game, and the Legacy of the Least of the Lesser Presidents
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (531 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1493024833 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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(Kermit Roosevelt, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School, and author of Allegiance and In the Shadow of the Law)President Buchanan had a great résumé, but in war, peace, race, religion, leadership, friendship, love, and honor he left much to be desired. Robert Strauss is perhaps The Funniest. Ever., which demands that we justify our pre-conceived opinions on Buchanan’s tenure. Ever. Ever. Ever. Unfortunately for all of us, Strauss also makes a good case that some contemporary seekers of high offic
Journalist, educator, historian and author Robert Strauss has been a reporter for Sports Illustrated, a feature writer for the Philadelphia Daily News, a news and sports producer for an NBC affiliate, and a TV critic for the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Asbury Park Press. A father of two daughters, he lives in Haddonfield, New Jersey, with his wife Susan Warner. He is the author of Daddy’s Little Goalie. He has more than 1000 bylines in t
President. Ever. Worst. But author Robert Strauss does much more, leading readers out of Buchanan’s terrible term in office—meddling in the Dred Scott Supreme Court decision, exacerbating the Panic of 1857, helping foment the John Brown uprisings and “Bloody Kansas,” virtually inviting a half-dozen states to secede from the Union as a lame duck, and on and on—to explore with insight and humor his own obsession with presidents, and ultimately the entire notion of ranking our presidents. He guides us through the POTUS ra
Barbara Sarshik said Best. Presidential Biography. Ever.. This book thoroughly succeeds as a biography. It is well written and engrossing, and it sheds a light on a little known president and era in U.S. history. As an example, the book’s telling of the Dred Scott decision gives us the back story -- who Dre. "The president who was always wrong" according to Jim Beamguard. “Worst. President. Ever.” takes the reader across a fascinating but mostly forgotten stretch of political history as it follows the career of James Buchanan, the 15th president. His foul-ups, bad judgment, and indecisive leadership during a pol. Some interesting material but marred by small errors Robert Fisher Robert Strauss had a piece on Politico concerning his new book on James Buchanan. I share his opinion that Buchanan was the worst president in our country's history. He inherited an increasingly tense situation on taking office in 1857. Four years later, t