Presidential Leadership Rating The Best And The Worst In The White House Summary

His organization and style makes the book pretty easy to follow. The only issues with readability are in the chapters during and following the World War II coverage where he jumps from Murrow to a brief history of other “Murrow Boys” where he will fast forward in the personality’s life and then digress back to Murrow from chapter 3 to 6. While the information is

This question is honestly the most difficult to answer. The entire book was intriguing from start to finish. I would say that what I liked the most about this book is all the pictures he placed on there. He captured every image with so much meaning. It is as it’s said, “a picture is worth a thousand words.” I got to see the faces of the fellow heroes in Fallujah.

Brinkley wrote this book to be able to show Roosevelt’s life from when he was born to him leading our country through the war. Not only just showing what happened in his life but also being

I did actually really like this book. I was not sure if I was going to enjoy it when the project was first assigned, but after reading for a while, I became really interested

The book was very well put together and organized with documented evidence and interviews from important people. A lot of research was put into this book and all the research used is cited in the back of the book. Since the topic is such a controversial topic I understand that all the information had to be correctly used which is why the research was so in-depth. The book was easy to read there was a few words I was unsure of and had to define in order to better understand them. The situation itself brought up other issues of that time such as: social, economic, and politics. The conclusion at the end really helps by summing up some main points considering there is a lot of information throughout the reading. The drawing and pictures included in the text are very interesting and it is really cool to get to see

The success of the president is a measure of both the man and the times and while neither are incorrect, historians and voters do not necessarily have the same views on which are the successful ones. The seventh president of the United States, Andrew Jackson, proves this. There is a immense

The negative aspects of this book was that it was boring to me. Although I did learn a lot from it it did not catch my interest of wanting to read other books that cover this topic of the election. Another negative aspect is that the diction that were used in the book were most of the time confusing and I did not understand it. Larson could have inserted some more interesting events that occurred during the election. Although this book taught me more about the election I did not find it interesting and the diction that

O’Reilly says he is able to go straight to the people with the knowledge and that helps him (Boyer 2011). The book never showed any favoritism to either sides. The facts are stated and conspiracies are tested which allows a reader to become more engaged in the book and this helps you to continue reading. Of course, there are always critics that disapprove. The book itself is banned by Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site which could keep some readers from reading it (Williams 2012). Second, the book also does not show documentation or hard evidence that the other assassinations were a part of the plan (Williams 2012). However, these two points the book is a great read, especially for history goo

The first 15 presidents of the United States were essential in building up such a new nation, though not all contributed to it’s prospering. Making successful judgements about the Antebellum presidents’ effectiveness and overall legacy in office required specific criteria. Analyzing their roles in forming a more perfect union, their accomplishments, and economic management while in office could carve out the best president during this time. Those who asserted peace, freedom, and unity among the nation, ultimately made significant contributions to their name or the state of the country, and established or motivated the economy while in office were considered successful and a valuable president that could possibly earn the title of best. I feel

The United States since its adoption of the Constitution in 1787 has accumulated total amount forty-five presidents over two-hundred and thirty years. These forty-five presidents as history and the United States continues, will be the subject of analysts throughout history, who will try to rank them from the best to the worst. The book written by James Taranto and Leonard Leo, ‘Presidential Leadership: Rating the Best and the Worst in the White House’ is one of these analytical books shoving the presidents into a ranking by using a survey of professors of history, law and political science to rate them. This book by Leo and Taranto focus on a handful of prime objectives for the readers to overserve while reading the book. The first is to

First, I found it hard to follow at times. I think it would have been easier to understand if the chapters were shorter and more broke up. Although this book included lots of details like the thesis was proving about the sex scandal, I feel that some details were unnecessary and not needed. The book also jumped back and forth between people and topics which made the book harder for me to understand. Improvements could have been made in the layout and structure of this book. In my opinion, I think the author included more background information at the beginning of the book. To me, this book seemed hard to understand and follow. It skips back and forth between years and events that make it hard to

When reading this book I think Ray Raphael intended to write this book for those who are interested in political history, mainly the origins of the Chief Executive and how difficult it was to create it. This book is extremely useful for its intended audience because it gives a thorough explanation about political history. Also it gives very credible proof because the information comes straight from what the Founding Fathers had written in many journals years before. In my opinion, Richard Beeman, author of Plain Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution says it best when he says, “Ray Raphael’s Mr. President presents to the reader a careful, lively, and in many respects, wholly surprising history of the origins and early development of the American presidency. His analysis of the years immediately preceding the Constitutional Convention of 1787 helps us understand better why the job of creating an American presidency was such a difficult one for the framers…This book will command the attention of both professional

The writing style of the book was effective it got the purpose of the Author's writing across in an easy way so it wasn’t confusing or difficult to understand.The strength of the book was how it read much like a thriller and kept you wanting to read more it was entertaining however it was also insightful. Where the book was week however was in the beginning of the book when it was describing the Civil War and it flipped from Lee’s side back to Grant’s side it was hard to remember what side he was talking about. However after that the book was written incredibly well and was easy to understand. The author's qualifications that Bill has to write about the subject was that he majored in history in college, he also graduated with a bachelors art degree in history. Bill also taught English and History in a High School. I agree that the death of Lincoln was a tragedy for the United States. Overall the book was very interesting the author presented the history of Lincoln’s death in a way that was relatable and entertaining to the readers. I would recommend this book to others because it’s a good way to learn about the different opinions within the citizens of the United States. The book contributed to my understanding that at this point in history that the country was split in many ways, some

Because of their positions in the government and their resulting influential abilities, presidents are either praised for advancing the nation, criticized for not doing anything to help the country, or even making the country’s situation worse. Their success as president is dependent on the success of the country. People don’t take into consideration the attempts presidents make, but only those things that help or hurt the country. This leaves room for there to be a good president who may not accomplish much and a bad president who may accomplish a lot.

In my opinion, the author described everything in too much detail. For example, the first chapter opened with two to three hundred words describing a picture of the brothers. I felt it became dull and very hard to retain what I read. Although the beginning was weak, the rest of the book grew more interesting to me as I read. It told about their many flights and how they got to be so famous. One interesting thing about the book was in chapter eight. Wilbur received the plane in crates and got extremely mad because most of it was broken; he blamed Orville but later found out that it wasn't his fault. I felt it was an interesting and unexpected look into the character's