Seymour Morris

Fit for the Presidency? (eBook, PDF)

Winners, Losers, What-Ifs, and Also-Rans

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Every four years Americans embark on the ultimate carnival, the Super Bowl of democracy: a presidential election campaign filled with endless speeches, debates, handshakes, and passion. But what about the candidates themselves? In Fit for the Presidency? Seymour Morris Jr. applies an executive recruiter's approach to fifteen presidential prospects from 1789 to 1980, analyzing their résumés and references to determine their fitness for the job. Were they qualified? How real were their actual accomplishments? Could they be trusted, or were their campaign promises unrealistic? The result is a fresh and original look at a host of contenders from George Washington to William McAdoo, from DeWitt Clinton to Ronald Reagan. Gone is the fluff of presidential campaigns, replaced by broad perspective and new insights on candidates seeking the nation's highest office.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Potomac Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781612348896
• Artikelnr.: 72308192

Autorenporträt

Seymour Morris Jr. is a former political pollster, head of corporate communications, and international entrepreneur. He is the author of American History Revised: 200 Facts That Never Made It into the Textbooks and Supreme Commander: MacArthur’s Triumph in Japan.    

Inhaltsangabe

Preface    
Introduction: What Our Founding Fathers Looked for in a Potential
President    
1. George Washington, 1789    
2. DeWitt Clinton, 1812    
3. William Henry Harrison, 1840    
4. Abraham Lincoln, 1860    
5. Jefferson Davis, 1861    
6. Samuel J. Tilden, 1876    
7. William Randolph Hearst, 1904    
8. William Gibbs McAdoo, 1920    
9. Herbert Hoover, 1928    
10. Wendell Willkie, 1940    
11. George C. Marshall, 1944    
12. Henry A. Wallace, 1948    
13. Barry Goldwater, 1964    
14. Robert F. Kennedy, 1968    
15. Ronald Reagan, 1980    
Conclusion: Appraising the Candidates    
Notes    
Bibliography    
Illustration Credits