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Informationen zum Autor NICK RAGONE Klappentext The presidency is a special office. Along with the vice president, the victorious candidate is our only nationally elected official, and the position has come to symbolize American government worldwide. In many ways, the office is greater than the people who have occupied it.In the 200-plus years of our nation¿s history, the presidency has grown and evolved dramatically. With the exception of Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson, the nineteenth-century office holders exerted little executive power and mostly deferred to Congress on domestic affairs. Teddy Roosevelt began to change all that, and FDR completed the transformation with his New Deal, laying the foundations for the modern presidency. With the onset of the Cold War, the¿imperial¿ presidency was in full bloom, and after a brief lull, the government¿s response to the war on terror has given the office new and unprecedented powers. Undoubtedly now the presidency is not only the most powerful and important job in the United States, but arguably in the world.Presidents¿Most Wanted¿ celebrates the office, the people who inhabited it, and the process of winning it, with thirty-five chapters packed full of all sorts of presidential trivia. It covers everything from elections to first ladies to blunders and triumphs, and gives the reader an in-depth look at the most powerful person in the world. Zusammenfassung The presidency is a special office. Along with the vice president! the victorious candidate is our only nationally elected official! and the position has come to symbolize American government worldwide. In many ways! the office is greater than the people who have occupied it. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Photographs; Introduction; Firsts; Advisors; Distinguished Cabinet Members; Great Speeches; Bold Decisions; Legislative Accomplishments and Notable Achievements; Memorable Quotes; Assassinations and Attempts; Illness; Biggest Blunders; Feuds and Rivalries; Scandal; Generals Who Became President; Closest Elections; Presidential Losers; Debates; Third Party Candidates; Primary Upsets; Campaign Slogans; Hackers in Chief; Embarrassing Moments; Offspring; First Ladies; Mistresses; Movies; Vice Presidents - The Powerful and Memorable; Vice Presidents - The Forgettable and Regrettable; Post Presidential Careers; Ranking the Presidents - The Great and Near Great; Ranking the Presidents - The Good; Ranking the Presidents - The Average; Ranking the Presidents - The Bad and the Ugly; Tourist Destinations; Memorials and Monuments; Ten Things You Didn't Know About the Presidency; Bibliography; Index; About the Author. ...
