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Author Suri, Jeremi, author.

Title The impossible presidency : the rise and fall of America's highest office / Jeremi Suri.

Publication Info. New York : Basic Books, [2017]
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 Granby, Main Library - Adult  352.23 SURI    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  352.23 SURI    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xxiii, 343 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-330) and index.
Contents Introduction: Alone -- Part I. Rise -- Origins -- First executive -- People's president -- Poet at war -- Progressive president -- National healer -- Part II. Fall -- Frustrated frontiersmen -- Leading actor -- Magicians of possibility -- Epilogue: New beginning.
Summary "A bold new history of the American presidency, arguing that the successful presidents of the past created unrealistic expectations for every president since JFK, with enormously problematic implications for American politics" -- From Amazon.com summary.
Subject Presidents -- United States -- History.
Political leadership -- United States -- History.
Executive power -- United States -- History.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government.
Added Title Rise and fall of America's highest office
ISBN 9780465051731 (hardcover)
0465051731 (hardcover)
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