
Where They Stand
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Merry posits that presidents rise and fall based on performance, as judged by the electorate. Thus, he explores the presidency by comparing the judgments of historians with how the voters saw things. Was the president reelected? If so, did his party hold office in the next election?
Where They Stand examines the chief executives Merry calls ?Men of Destiny,'' those who set the country toward new directions. There are six of them, including the three nearly always at the top of all academic polls?Lincoln, Washington, and FDR. He describes the ?Split-Decision Presidents'' (including Wilson and Nixon)?successful in their first terms and reelected; less successful in their second terms and succeeded by the opposition party. He describes the ?Near Greats'' (Jefferson, Jackson, Polk, TR, Truman), the ?War Presidents'' (Madison, McKinley, Lyndon Johnson), the flat-out failures (Buchanan, Pierce), and those whose standing has fluctuated (Grant, Cleveland, Eisenhower).
This voyage through our history provides a probing and provocative analysis of how presidential politics works and how the country sets its course. Where They Stand invites readers to pitch their opinions against the voters of old, the historians, the pollsters?and against the author himself. In this year of raucous presidential politics, Where They Stand will provide a context for the unfolding campaign drama.
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- Intro
- Praise
- Description
- About Robert W. Merry
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Introduction: The Great White House Rating Game
- Part I: The Historians
- Chapter 1: The Judgment of History
- Chapter 2: The Vagaries of History
- Part II: The People
- Chapter 3: The Making of the Presidency
- Chapter 4: The Presidential Referendum
- Chapter 5: The Judgment of the Electorate
- Chapter 6: The Stain of Failure
- Part III: The Test of Greatness
- Chapter 7: War and Peace
- Chapter 8: Split-Decision Presidents
- Chapter 9: Leaders of Destiny
- Part IV: Reputations in Flux
- Chapter 10: Republican Resurgence
- Chapter 11: The Post-Cold War Presidents
- Conclusion: Clear and Present Danger
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix A: Academic Polls
- Appendix B: Presidents by Category Based on Voter Response
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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