This is a revision and an updating of the first edition, published in 2000. Presidents from Washington to Obama (not included are William Henry Harrison and Jam
What makes a good American president? The answers to this question have been sought by a variety of means since the very beginning of the presidency. Some conte
Presidential rankings emerged in 1948 when Life Magazine published an article by the prominent historian, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr., who had selected 55 expert
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