The End of Greatness : Why America Can't Have (and Doesn't Want) Another Great President (Hardcover)

from Angelic55blonde

I was initially skeptical that I was going to enjoy this book but the author drew me in and the arguments he made are quite valid. The book is broken into 3 parts, which I liked: Part 1 defining what a great president is according to the author. Part 2 focuses on the "post FDR era" and why the ti...

from jpporter

This is a very good book that discusses the concept of "greatness" as it applies to presidents. Miller identifies the three truly great presidents (Washington, Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt) and the five presidents who were "almost" great (Jefferson, Jackson, Teddy Roosevelt, Wilson and Truman)....

from gpaisley

What makes a great US President? Or perhaps more accurately, what makes a US President Great? In answering this question, Aaron David Miller has to come up with a working definition for this thesis. His definition yields only three great US Presidents, interestingly one in each of the last three ...

from nighthawk4486

There are three main points to Aaron David Miller's book and, to his credit, he makes a credible case for all three of his points. They aren't perfect points and there are at least some cases to be made against his ideas, but they are well thought-out, they are well argued and, most importantly, ...

from Daniel.Estes

To speculate on the end of presidential greatness, one needs to understand the standard by which we judge it. Aaron David Miller spends the majority of the book doing exactly that. Specifically, The End of Greatness: Why America Can't Have (and Doesn't Want) Another Great President is mostly a bi...