The leaders we deserved (and a few we didn't) : rethinking the presidential rating game

By:

Felzenberg, Alvin S

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York Basic books 2008.Description: 442pISBN:

9780465002917

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

973.099 FEL

Summary: Its a perennial pastime to compare U.S. presidents, but our current ranking systems are riddled with flaws. In The Leaders We Deserved (and a Few We Didnt), Alvin Stephen Felzenberg offers logical categories of measuring presidential performance—character, vision, competence, legacy, and so on—while assessing, for each, the best and worst weve seen.A fresh and imaginative look at how our presidents stack up against one another, The Leaders We Deserved (and a Few We Didnt) uniquely deliberates on the standard “greats of our countrys history, giving them the critical consideration they deserve.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Gandhi Smriti Library	973.099 FEL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out to Ganga Hostel OT Launge (GANGA)	2023-09-29	163976

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Its a perennial pastime to compare U.S. presidents, but our current ranking systems are riddled with flaws. In The Leaders We Deserved (and a Few We Didnt), Alvin Stephen Felzenberg offers logical categories of measuring presidential performance—character, vision, competence, legacy, and so on—while assessing, for each, the best and worst weve seen.A fresh and imaginative look at how our presidents stack up against one another, The Leaders We Deserved (and a Few We Didnt) uniquely deliberates on the standard “greats of our countrys history, giving them the critical consideration they deserve.

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