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Index

Cover Table of Contents Introduction

About This Book Conventions Used in This Book Icons Used in This Book Beyond the Book Where to Go from Here

Part 1: Understanding U.S. Presidents

Chapter 1: Presidents and the Presidency

Establishing the First U.S. Government Examining Presidential Influence on the Presidency Perfecting the Power to Shape Public Opinion Performing Many Roles: Today’s President

Chapter 2: Presidential Rankings and Evaluations

Evaluating the Presidents Ranking U.S. Presidents

Part 2: Starting with Known Quantities: Washington to John Quincy Adams

Chapter 3: Starting Well with George Washington

Washington’s Early Career Fighting for Independence Designing the New Country President George Washington (1789–1797) Dealing with the Issues of the Day Stepping Down Retiring Briefly

Chapter 4: The Authoritarian and the Philosopher: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

Founding the Country and Almost Destroying It: John Adams Master of Multitasking: Thomas Jefferson

Chapter 5: Prominent but Ineffective: Madison, Monroe, and John Quincy Adams

James Madison: From Founding Father to Presidential Flop Succeeding Abroad, Failing at Home: James Monroe Like Father, Like Son: John Quincy Adams

Part 3: Enduring the Best and the Worst: Jackson to Buchanan

Chapter 6: Standing Firm: Andrew Jackson

Jackson’s Early Career Suffering through the Stolen Election of 1824 President Andrew Jackson (1829–1837)

Chapter 7: Forgettable: Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, and Tyler

Martin Van Buren, Master of Politics The Founder of the Image Campaign: William Henry Harrison Stepping into the Presidency: John Tyler

Chapter 8: Dreaming of California: James K. Polk

Young Hickory Polk’s Early Political Career Texas to the Rescue Keeping His Campaign Simple President James Polk (1845–1849) Winning the War but Losing the Battle Choosing Not to Run Again

Chapter 9: Working Up to the Civil War: Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, and Buchanan

Trying to Preserve the Union: Zachary Taylor Making Things Worse: Millard Fillmore Sympathizing with the South: Franklin Pierce Failing to Save the Union: James Buchanan

Part 4: Becoming a Force in the World: Lincoln to Hoover

Chapter 10: Preserving the Union: Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln’s Early Political Career A Star Is Born President Abraham Lincoln (1861–1865) The Civil War Lincoln’s Short Second Term

Chapter 11: Reconstructing the Country: Johnson, Grant, and Hayes

From Poverty to the Presidency: Andrew Johnson Enter a War Hero: Ulysses Simpson Grant Corruption Leads to an Uncorrupt President: Rutherford Birchard Hayes

Chapter 12: Closing Out the Century: Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, and Benjamin Harrison

A Promising President Is Assassinated: James Abram Garfield The Unexpected President: Chester Alan Arthur Making History by Serving Nonconsecutive Terms: Grover Cleveland The Spoiled Republican: Benjamin Harrison

Chapter 13: Influencing the World: McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, and Taft

Discarding Isolationism: William McKinley Building a Strong Foreign Policy: Theodore Roosevelt The President Who Hated Politics: William Howard Taft (1909–1913)

Chapter 14: Protecting Democracy: Woodrow Wilson

Studying Government Breaking into Politics in New Jersey President Woodrow Wilson (1913–1921) Being Drawn into the War Making the Peace

Chapter 15: Roaring through the ’20s with Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover

Living the High Life: Warren G. Harding Quietly Doing Nothing: John Calvin Coolidge A Great Humanitarian, but a Bad President: Herbert Hoover

Part 5: Instituting the Imperial Presidency: Franklin Roosevelt to Richard Nixon

Chapter 16: Boosting the Country and Bringing Back Beer: Franklin D. Roosevelt

Roosevelt’s Early Political Career Governing New York President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933–1945) Winning a Third Term, Facing a World War Fighting World War II Winning the War Running and Winning One More Time

Chapter 17: Stopping the Buck at Harry Truman

Truman’s Early Political Career President Harry S. Truman (1945–1953) Hating His Second Term Ceding to Stevenson

Chapter 18: Liking Ike: Dwight David Eisenhower

Eisenhower’s Early Military Career Retiring from the Military President Dwight David Eisenhower (1953–1961)

Chapter 19: Fulfilling Family Expectations: John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Kennedy’s Early Political Career President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1961–1963) Changing Foreign Policy Attending to Domestic Policy A Promising Life Cut Short

Chapter 20: Fighting for Might and Right: Lyndon Johnson

Johnson’s Early Political Career President Lyndon Baines Johnson (1963–1969)

Chapter 21: Covering Up: Richard Nixon

Nixon’s Early Political Career Losing the Presidential Race in 1960 Contending from Coast to Coast President Richard Milhous Nixon (1969–1974) Serving Part of a Second Term

Part 6: Changing the Dynamics: Gerald Ford to Donald J. Trump

Chapter 22: The Career Politician and the Peanut Farmer: Ford and Carter

Stepping in for Nixon: Gerald Ford Sharing Faith and Principles: Jimmy Carter

Chapter 23: A Starring Role for Ronald Reagan

Reagan’s Early Career President Ronald Wilson Reagan (1981–1989) Reestablishing U.S. World Domination Dealing with Scandal in His Second Term Keeping the Revolution Alive during Retirement

Chapter 24: Acting Out: George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton

Bringing an End to the Cold War: George Bush Scandal Amid Domestic Policy Success: Bill Clinton

Chapter 25: Getting the Call: George W. Bush

Bush’s Early Career Running for the Presidency Surviving the 2000 Election President George Walker Bush (2001–2009) Disaster Strikes Winning Reelection Going into Retirement

Chapter 26: Breaking Tradition: Barack H. Obama

Growing Up Global From Senator to President: Obama’s Political Journey President Barack H. Obama (2009–2017) Dealing with Foreign Policy Being Active in Retirement

Chapter 27: A Billionaire in the White House: Donald John Trump

Growing Up Wealthy Succeeding in Business Entering Politics Being Controversial at Home Being Controversial Abroad Scandals: Defining Trump’s Presidency

Part 7: The Part of Tens

Chapter 28: The Ten Best Presidents

Abraham Lincoln Franklin Delano Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt George Washington Harry Truman Ronald Reagan Thomas Jefferson Woodrow Wilson Dwight D. Eisenhower James Polk

Chapter 29: The Ten Worst Presidents

Andrew Johnson Warren G. Harding Franklin Pierce James Buchanan John Tyler Millard Fillmore Ulysses S. Grant William Henry Harrison Martin Van Buren Herbert Hoover

Chapter 30: Ten Presidential Libraries Worth Visiting

Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum John Fitzgerald Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum Dwight D. Eisenhower Library and Museum Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum Jimmy Carter Library and Museum

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