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The Impossible Presidency (Hardcover)
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The Impossible Presidency (Hardcover)
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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 In The Impossible Presidency,
celebrated historian Jeremi Suri charts the rise and fall of the
American presidency, from the limited role envisaged by the
Founding Fathers to its current status as the most powerful job in
the world. He argues that the presidency is a victim of its own
success-the vastness of the job makes it almost impossible to
fulfill the expectations placed upon it. As managers of the world's
largest economy and military, contemporary presidents must react to
a truly globalized world in a twenty-four-hour news cycle. There is
little room left for bold vision. Suri traces America's
disenchantment with our recent presidents to the inevitable
mismatch between presidential promises and the structural
limitations of the office. A masterful reassessment of presidential
history, this book is essential reading for anyone trying to
understand America's fraught political climate.
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