America's Best University President - April 2024

Being New York, Being Irish: Reflections on Twenty-Five Years of Irish America and New York University's Glucksman Ireland House

New York University’s Glucksman Ireland House opened a quarter-century ago to foster the study of Ireland and Irish America. Alice McDermott writes about her son’s Irish awakening; Colum McCann’s Joycean essay is a brilliant call to action in defence of immigrants and social justice; Colm Tóibín’s first visit to New York coincided with the first St Patrick’s Day parade led by a woman; Dan Barry reflects on Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes; and a new poem by Seamus Heaney written not long before his death. Through deeply personal essays, some of the best-known Irish writers on bot... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1788550498
• ASIN: 1788550498
• ISBN: 1788550498
• Manufacturer: Irish Academic Press

Brainwashed: How Universities Indoctrinate America's Youth

Brainwashed is the explosive exposé of the leftist agenda at work in today's colleges, revealed by firebrand Ben Shapiro, a recent UCLA gratudate, syndicated columnist, and one of today's most exciting new conservative voices, who's been on the front lines of the battle for America's young minds. This book proves once and for all that so-called higher education continues to sink lower and lower into the depths of liberal madness as close-minded professors turn their students into socialists, atheists, race-baiters, and sex-crazed narcissists."Ben Shapiro's writing is smart, informative, and i... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1595559795
• ASIN: 1595559795
• ISBN: 1595559795
• Brand: Ben Shapiro
• Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson

Intercollegiate Athletics and the American University: A University President's Perspective

After decades of domination on campus, college sports' supremacy has begun to weaken. "Enough, already!" detractors cry. College is about learning, not chasing a ball around to the whir of TV cameras. In Intercollegiate Athletics and the American University James Duderstadt agrees, taking the view that the increased commercialization of intercollegiate athletics endangers our universities and their primary goal, academics. Calling it a "corrosive example of entertainment culture" during an interview with ESPN's Bob Ley, Duderstadt suggested that college basketball, for example, "imposes on the... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0472089439
• ASIN: 0472089439
• ISBN: 0472089439
• Manufacturer: University of Michigan Press

Why Moderates Make the Best Presidents: George Washington to Barack Obama

George Washington, Abraham, Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan—most would agree their presidencies were amongst the most successful in American history. But what made these very different men such effective leaders? According to presidential historian Gil Troy, these presidents succeeded not because of their bold political visions, but because of their moderation. Although many presidential candidates claim to be moderates, the word cannot conceal a political climate defined by extreme rhetoric and virulent partisanship. In this book, Troy ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 070061883X
• ASIN: 070061883X
• ISBN: 070061883X
• Manufacturer: University Press of Kansas

A Man and His Presidents: The Political Odyssey of William F. Buckley Jr.

A new understanding of the man who changed the face of American politics William F. Buckley Jr. is widely regarded as the most influential American conservative writer, activist, and organizer in the postwar era. In this nuanced biography, Alvin Felzenberg sheds light on little-known aspects of Buckley’s career, including his role as back-channel adviser to policy makers, his intimate friendship with both Ronald and Nancy Reagan, his changing views on civil rights, and his break with George W. Bush over the Iraq War.   Felzenberg demonstrates how Buckley conveyed his message across multiple... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0300163843
• ASIN: 0300163843
• ISBN: 0300163843
• Brand: YALE
• Manufacturer: Yale University Press

The Last Best Hope of Earth: Abraham Lincoln and the Promise of America

Mark E. Neely, Jr., gives us the first compact biography of Abraham Lincoln based on new scholarship. Neely, a Pulitzer prize-winning historian, vividly recaptures the central place of politics in Lincoln's life. Richly illustrated, nuanced and accessible, written with attention to the age in which Lincoln lived, yet ever alert to universal moral questions, this book provides a portrait of Lincoln as an extraordinary man in his own time and ours.

• ASIN: 0674511255
• ASIN: 0674511255
• ISBN: 0674511255
• Brand: Brand: Harvard University Press
• Manufacturer: Harvard University Press

The Shining Path: A History of the Millenarian War in Peru (Latin America in Translation/En Traducción/Em Tradução)

First published in Peru in 1990, The Shining Path was immediately hailed as one of the finest works on the insurgency that plagued that nation for over fifteen years. A richly detailed and absorbing account, it covers the dramatic years between the guerrillas' opening attack in 1980 and President Fernando Belaunde's reluctant decision to send in the military to contain the growing rebellion in late 1982. Covering the strategy, actions, successes, and setbacks of both the government and the rebels, the book shows how the tightly organized insurgency forced itself upon an unwilling society just ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0807846767
• ASIN: 0807846767
• ISBN: 9780807846766
• Brand: Brand: The University of North Carolina Press
• Manufacturer: The University of North Carolina Press

Rutherford B. Hayes: Warrior and President

Who was the real Rutherford B. Hayes? Was he a great or inconsequential president? How did his early life and career shape his later years? How did his triumphs and failures alter our history? And why should we care? Ari Hoogenboom's masterful life of Hayes definitively answers those questions and shows why our nineteenth president deserves far greater recognition than he's received in the past.The first biography of Hayes in nearly fifty years, Hoogenboom's book recreates the rapidly changing world of Victorian America as experienced by one of its most reflective and perceptive figures. The H... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0700606416
• ASIN: 0700606416
• ISBN: 0700606416
• Brand: Brand: University Press of Kansas
• Manufacturer: University Press of Kansas

A Scientist at the White House: The Private Diary of President Eisenhower's Special Assistant for Science and Technology

The days of intricate test-ban negotiations, Khrushchev's visit to Camp David, the cranberry controversy, the impending rupture with Cuba, the downed U-2, and the failed Summit in Paris come to life again in this highly personal diary kept by the Ukrainian-born chemist who was President Eisenhower's science advisor. Richly detailed, candid, and very human, the memoir offers an inside view of White House infighting, policy disputes, and bureaucratic conflict, and of the role an eminent scientist came to play in shaping presidential decisions. It records the interaction between the scientific c... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0674794966
• ASIN: 0674794966
• ISBN: 0674794966
• Brand: Brand: Harvard University Press
• Manufacturer: Harvard University Press

Becoming President: Patterns of Professional Mobility of African American University Presidents

Becoming President is a study of African American professionals' ascensions to the office of college or university president. Using a mixed method design and study to examine archival biographical data of African American presidents at historically black colleges and universities and at traditionally white institutions, Professor Mishra explores the career mobility patterns of African American presidents who have served at both types of institutions. The relationships between variables such as demography, education, career, type of institution, and patterns of professional mobility among Afric... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0761836284
• ASIN: 0761836284
• ISBN: 0761836284
• Manufacturer: University Press Of America

The President's Agenda: Domestic Policy Choice from Kennedy to Clinton

In this third edition of The President's Agenda, Paul Light brings his acclaimed study up to date by weighing the successes and failures of the Bush and Clinton presidencies in setting a legislative agenda of domestic issues for Congress. The most noticeable development, according to Light, is the shrinking of the agenda and the absence of fresh new ideas. Explaining the emergence of "the derivative Presidency," he attributes this increasingly limited agenda to the problems associated with the end of the welfare state, the thickening of government, the problems of the budget, the "Reagan effec... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0801860660
• ASIN: 0801860660
• ISBN: 9780801860669
• Manufacturer: Johns Hopkins University Press

William Tecumseh Sherman: Beyond the March to the Sea

• ASIN: B07PWYKWMQ
• ASIN: B07PWYKWMQ

The Personal President: Power Invested, Promise Unfulfilled

Looks at how the office of the presidency has changed, argues that the president has become too central to national politics, and suggests ways to restore the constitutional balance

• ASIN: 0801494265
• ASIN: 0801494265
• ISBN: 0801494265
• Brand: Brand: Cornell University Press
• Manufacturer: Cornell University Press

America's Lawyer-Presidents: From Law Office to Oval Office

How have the legal careers of twenty-five American presidents shaped their presidencies?Of America's forty-three presidents, twenty-five have been lawyers.America's most beloved and admired president, Abraham Lincoln, was involved in more than 5,100 cases during his 25-year legal career. John Adams, the first lawyer-president, combined a twenty-year law practice with significant contributions to our nation's founding charters. His son, John Quincy Adams, argued landmark U.S. Supreme Court cases both before and after his presidency. He was one of eight lawyer-presidents to appear as counsel bef... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0810112183
• ASIN: 0810112183
• ISBN: 0810112183
• Brand: Brand: Northwestern University Press
• Manufacturer: Northwestern University Press

Campaign for President: The Managers Look at 2004 (Campaigning American Style)

Every four years following the presidential election, the Institute of Politics at Harvard University convenes a distinguished gathering of campaign managers, media commentators, and interested political observers to reflect on presidential campaign strategies from the earliest primaries through Election Day. The result is a book, and the 2004 election edition is published for general audiences as well as college classrooms and campaign and media professionals.

• ASIN: 0742539709
• ASIN: 0742539709
• ISBN: 0742539709
• Brand: Brand: Rowman n Littlefield Publishers
• Manufacturer: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

The Presidents : Noted Historians Rank America's Best--and Worst--Chief Executives

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• UPC: 948269529

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• UPC: 479493686
• Color: Black
• Size: L
• Rating: 1.0

The Indian World of George Washington : The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation

"An authoritative, sweeping, and fresh new biography of the nation's first president, Colin G. Calloway's book reveals fully the dimensions and depths of George Washington's relations with the First Americans."--Provided by

• UPC: 435773053

The Modern American Presidency : Second Edition, Revised and Updated

"The Modern American Presidency" is a lively, interpretive synthesis of 20th century leaders, filled with intriguing insights into how the presidency has evolved as America rose to prominence on the world stage. Gould traces the

• UPC: 11313300
• Rating: 2.0

Barack Obama Books: Barack Obama Adult Coloring Book: One of the Best American Presidents of All Time and Chill Politician, Acclaimed Lawyer and Legendary Writer Inspired Adult Coloring Book (Paperbac

Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from January 20, 2009, to January 20, 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the

• UPC: 779864209

The Five Negro Presidents : According to What White People Said They Were

Historian Joel Augustus Rogers provides his evidence that there have been nineteenth- and twentieth-century presidents of the United States who had partial black ancestry, including Harding, Jefferson, Jackson and

• UPC: 23305742

American Caesars : Lives of the Presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W. Bush

American Caesars takes a fresh look at the lives and careers of the twelve leaders of the American empire since World War II, from Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W. Bush. President by president, the

• UPC: 16467800
• Rating: 2.0

Presidents and the American Presidency

"Presidents and the American Presidency engages students in the study of the presidency through an exploration of both the political institution and the men who have held the office. Considering both the strengths and the

• UPC: 56023881

Millard Fillmore : The American Presidents Series: The 13th President, 1850-1853

In this eye-opening biography, the legal scholar and historian Finkelman reveals how Millard Fillmore's response to the crisis he inherited in 1850 set the country on a dangerous path that led to the Civil

• UPC: 15440755
• Rating: 3.667

Inventing the American Presidency

In fourteen essays, supplemented by relevant sections of and amendments to the Constitution and five Federalist essays by Hamilton--provides the reader with the essential historical and political analyses of who and what shaped the

• UPC: 42369754
• Rating: 5.0