Salkin, Allen

Summary: Between 2000 and 2015, when Trump announced his candidacy, he was able to identify an unserved political constituency, hone a persuasive message that appealed to their needs, and deliver it effectively, despite intense media opposition. Salkin and Short provide a nonpartisan oral history which shows that Trump had carefully planned his bid for the presidency since he launched what many...

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Publisher / Publication Date: All Points Books 2019

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Cost, Jay

Summary: "How do you solve a problem like James Madison? The fourth president is one of the most confounding figures in early American history -- his political trajectory seems almost intentionally inconsistent. He was both for and against a strong federal government. He wrote about the dangers of political parties in the Federalist papers and then helped to found the Republican party just a few years...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2021

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Smith, Gene.

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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 1984

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Brown, David S. (David Scott)

Summary: "A revelatory, timely, and masterful biography of President Andrew Jackson that offers a new perspective on this charismatic figure in the context of American populism--identifying the reasons for his unprecedented appeal as it shows us the man and politician in his full complexity."--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2022

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Prud'homme, Alex

Summary: "Perhaps the most significant meals in the world have been consumed at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue by the presumptive leaders of the free world. Thomas Jefferson had an affinity for eggplant and FDR for terrapin stew. Nixon ate a lump of cottage cheese topped with barbecue sauce every day and Obama regularly had arugula. Now, Alex Prud'homme takes us to the dining tables of the White House to look...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023

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Brinkley, Alan.

Summary: Analyzes the contrast between Kennedy's achievements and his legend, tracing the successes and failures of such events as the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis while exploring the ways in which he reshaped views of the presidency.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Times Books 2012

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