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The politically incorrect guide to the presidents : from Wilson to Obama

What Makes A President Great?Academics, journalists, and popular historians agree. Our greatest presidents are the ones who confronted a national crisis and mobilized the entire nation to face it. That's the conventional wisdom. The chief executives who are celebrated in textbooks and placed in the top echelon of presidents in surveys of experts are the?bold" leaders? the Woodrow Wilsons and Franklin Roosevelts? who reshaped the United States in line with their grand?vision" for America. Unfortunately, along the way, these?great" presidents inevitably expanded gov

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