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The Glory and the Burden
- The American Presidency from FDR to Trump
- Narrated by: Peter Lerman
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
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The Glory and the Burden: The American Presidency from FDR to Trump is a timely examination of the state of the American presidency and the forces that have shaped it over the past 75 years, with an emphasis on the dramatic changes that have taken place within the institution and to the individuals occupying the Oval Office.
In this fascinating book, Robert Schmuhl traces the evolution of the modern presidency back to the terms of Franklin Roosevelt, maintaining that FDR’s White House years had a profound impact on the office, resulting in significant changes to the job and to those who have performed it since. Specifically, the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, limiting a president to two terms, has largely redefined each administration’s agenda. News sources and social media have also grown exponentially, exercising influence over the conduct of presidents and affecting the consequences of their behavior.
Schmuhl examines the presidency as an institution and the presidents as individuals from several different perspectives. He identifies recent trends in the office and probes the relationship between the White House and various forms of contemporary media. This book is an engrossing listen for a general audience, particularly those with an interest in politics, American history, journalism, and communications.
The book is published by University of Notre Dame Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks.
"An important and timely book." (The Irish Catholic)
"The book plows new ground, making sense of what appears to be inexplicable and upsetting to many." (Tom Bettag, former executive news producer at ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN)
“It’s the kind of book that every American should read in the run-up to the next presidential election.” (Robert Costa, national political reporter for The Washington Post and moderator of Washington Week on PBS)
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The American presidency is in trouble. It has become overburdened, misunderstood, almost impossible to do. “The problems in the job unfolded before Donald Trump was elected, and the challenges of governing today will confront his successors”, writes John Dickerson. After all, the founders never intended for our system of checks and balances to have one superior Chief Magistrate, with Congress demoted to “the little brother who can’t keep up”.
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Couldn’t wait for this book!
- By David H. Lawrence XVII on 06-17-20
By: John Dickerson
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The Red and the Blue
- The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism
- By: Steve Kornacki
- Narrated by: Steve Kornacki, Ron Butler
- Length: 17 hrs and 27 mins
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In The Red and the Blue, cable news star and acclaimed journalist Steve Kornacki follows the twin paths of Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich, two larger-than-life politicians who exploited the weakened structure of their respective parties to attain the highest offices. For Clinton, that meant contorting himself around the various factions of the Democratic party to win the presidency. Gingrich employed a scorched-earth strategy to upend the permanent Republican minority in the House, making him speaker.
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Simply marvelous
- By Hector Gonzalez on 10-04-18
By: Steve Kornacki
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Pivotal Tuesdays
- Four Elections That Shaped the Twentieth Century
- By: Margaret O'Mara
- Narrated by: James Killavey
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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Pivotal Tuesdays looks back at four pivotal presidential elections of the past 100 years to show how they shaped the 20th century. During the rowdy, four-way race in 1912 between Teddy Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Eugene Debs, and Woodrow Wilson, the candidates grappled with the tremendous changes of industrial capitalism and how best to respond to them. In 1932, Franklin Roosevelt's promises to give Americans a "New Deal" to combat the Great Depression helped him beat the beleaguered incumbent, Herbert Hoover.
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Important book...especially this year.
- By Jim on 07-31-16
By: Margaret O'Mara
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The Making of the President 2016
- How Donald Trump Orchestrated a Revolution
- By: Roger Stone
- Narrated by: BJ Pottsworth
- Length: 14 hrs and 51 mins
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In the early hours of November 9, 2016, one of the most contentious, polarizing, and vicious presidential races came to an abrupt and unexpected end when heavily favored presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton called Donald J. Trump to concede, shocking a nation that had, only hours before, given little credence to his chances. Donald Trump pulled the greatest upset in American political history despite a torrent of invective and dismissal of the mainstream media.
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behind the scenes
- By Rocker on 04-06-17
By: Roger Stone
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To End a Presidency
- By: Laurence Tribe, Joshua Matz
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser, Laurence Tribe - preface
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
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The history and future of our democracy's ultimate sanction, presidential impeachment, and a guide to how it should be used now. To End a Presidency addresses one of today's most urgent questions: when and whether to impeach a president. Laurence Tribe and Joshua Matz provide an authoritative guide to impeachment's past and a bold argument about its proper role today. In an era of expansive presidential power and intense partisanship, we must rethink impeachment for the 21st century.
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A Primer on Impeachment and our Present Dilemma
- By J.B. on 05-20-18
By: Laurence Tribe, and others
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Fault Lines
- A History of the United States Since 1974
- By: Kevin M. Kruse, Julian E. Zelizer
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 14 hrs and 47 mins
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If you were asked when America became polarized, your answer would likely depend on your age: You might say during Barack Obama’s presidency, or with the post-9/11 war on terror, or the culture wars of the 1980s and 1990s, or the “Reagan Revolution” and the the rise of the New Right. How did the US become so divided? Fault Lines offers a richly told, wide-angle history view toward an answer.
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Good overview of the past 45 years
- By Adam Shields on 02-26-19
By: Kevin M. Kruse, and others
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Wingnuts
- How the Lunatic Fringe Is Hijacking America
- By: John P. Avlon, Tina Brown - foreword
- Narrated by: John P. Avlon, Tina Brown (foreword)
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
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Whats a wingnut? A wingnut is someone on the far-right or far-left wing of the political spectrum professional partisans, unhinged activists, and paranoid conspiracy theorists. Barack Obama campaigned as an antidote to the politics of polarization, promising to transcend the old divides of left and right, black and white, red states and blue. But in the first year of his presidency, he is presiding over an eruption of hate and hyper-partisanship that threatens to mock the promise upon which he was elected.
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Disturbingly disappointing
- By Steven on 02-20-10
By: John P. Avlon, and others
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The Center Holds
- Obama and His Enemies
- By: Jonathan Alter
- Narrated by: Jonathan Alter
- Length: 18 hrs and 41 mins
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In The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies, Jonathan Alter uses his unmatched access and deep knowledge of politics and history to produce the first full account of America at the crossroads. He pierces the bubble of the White House and of the presidential campaigns with exclusive reporting and rare historical insight. More than a campaign book, this is the epic story of an embattled president facing a historic moment he considered more pivotal than 2008.
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The Best Telling of the 2012 Campaign So Far
- By Mike on 06-11-13
By: Jonathan Alter
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Kill Switch
- The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy
- By: Adam Jentleson
- Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
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Every major decision governing our diverse, majority-female, and increasingly liberal country bears the stamp of the US Senate, yet the Senate allows an almost exclusively White, predominantly male, and radically conservative minority of the American electorate to impose its will on the rest of us. How did we get to this point? In Kill Switch, Adam Jentleson argues that shifting demographics alone cannot explain how Mitch McConnell harnessed the Senate and turned it into a powerful weapon of minority rule.
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Don't bother, narration intolerable!
- By Joseph on 03-08-21
By: Adam Jentleson
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The Corrosion of Conservatism
- Why I Left the Right
- By: Max Boot
- Narrated by: Max Boot
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
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Warning that the Trump presidency presages America’s decline, Max Boot, the political commentator, recounts his extraordinary journey from lifelong Republican to vehement Trump opponent. As nativism, xenophobia, vile racism, and assaults on the rule of law threaten the very fabric of our nation, The Corrosion of Conservatism presents an urgent defense of American democracy.
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Not an intellectual tour de force!
- By Wayne on 07-14-19
By: Max Boot
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Roosevelt's Second Act
- The Election of 1940 and the Politics of War
- By: Richard Moe
- Narrated by: Allan Robertson
- Length: 14 hrs and 42 mins
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On August 31, 1939, nearing the end of his second and presumably final term in office, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was working in the Oval Office and contemplating construction of his presidential library and planning retirement. The next day German tanks had crossed the Polish border; Britain and France had declared war. Overnight the world had changed, and FDR found himself being forced to consider a dramatically different set of circumstances.
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Puts listener in the moment.
- By Jake on 05-16-14
By: Richard Moe
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Working Class Republican
- Ronald Reagan and the Return of Blue-Collar Conservatism
- By: Henry Olsen
- Narrated by: Derek Shetterly
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
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Conventional political wisdom views the two most consequential presidents of the 20th century - FDR and Ronald Reagan - as ideological opposites. FDR is hailed as the champion of big-government progressivism manifested in the New Deal. Reagan is seen as the crusader for conservatism dedicated to small government and free markets. But Henry Olsen argues that this assumption is wrong.
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Refreshing and insightful
- By Thomas Marks on 12-16-19
By: Henry Olsen
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- Deedra
- 04-07-21
The Glory and the burden
This was interesting and timely.Peter Lerman was a fine narrator.I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
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- Aurora Dawn
- 01-07-20
Thoughts About How the Presidency Got to 2020
I listened to the Audible version of this book over the weekend after the U.S. assassination of Iranian General Soleimani which arguably provided it with an unintended colouring. I really enjoyed the insights and the history offered up and found it provided a whole new viewpoint on the 45th president of the United States and the situation in the run-up to the 2020 election.
Scrupulously nonpartisan and highly informative, this is an excellent backgrounder for anyone hoping to understand how the collective changes to American politics and the presidency have lead us to where we find ourselves today.
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- Tim
- 01-04-20
Mostly Good
It starts out as a very even handed book, it's a series of political essays from Robert Schmuhl and he describes his attempts at being a political professor and maintaining a balance in spite of the of Us vs Them battles that get ever narrower - i.e. being a fan of both Teddy & Franklin Roosevelt, JFK and Reagan,
Then he gets to the more modern era, It's still fairly balanced through the Bush's and Clinton, And you can start to see a shift when we get to the Obama/Trump age. Not only because the country has became even more polarized, but because the author has become personally attached to what happens politically, he tries to give a fair balance, but looses focus on doing so partway through.
Ultimately, even though some clear biases are revealed, it is a very well thought out work that examines what it means to be commander-in-chief, both the Burdens and the Glories of that job.
~~I received a review copy in exchange for understanding that I would give an honest review.
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- Chester
- 12-27-19
An Important History all Americans Should Read
Today it is all too easy to think of the Presidency only in terms of the current office holder. While each is unique, especially it seems today's resident, they all share a common history and a common constitution to govern by. Yet the office has changed significantly since the days of George Washington with each new resident making new and many times substantial changes. Certainly FDR brought in more changes and faced more challenges than most before him leading the country through both its biggest depression and greatest war, and those revisions and the resulting move towards a stronger and stronger executive branch continues today. You can trace the evolution of the office and the country from FDR, through Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Bush 1 and 2, Clinton, Obama, and now Trump.
An important textbook, yet presented in a thoroughly enjoyable way. Peter Lerman is perfectly cast to maintain the listeners interest while never forgetting the importance of the information.
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- B. M. Gulick
- 01-10-20
very interesting book
i should note I got this for free in exchange for an honest review.
the book covers large amount of presidential history. It really focuses in on how the idea and role of president has changed. it also did a great job of being pretty apolitical.
The narrator did a fantastic job performing the text which might have been dry otherwise.
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- Margaret
- 02-07-20
Informative and enlightening
This is the first book I’ve read/listened to by this author and I would listen to another. I found this to be an interesting book. Sometimes the information seemed haphazard but it mostly had a flow. I learned a few things about how the Presidents terms in office dictate how and when they put forth new policies, etc. This book is one I’d have to listen to again to really grasp all the information. The comparison of certain presidents in sections of time was also interesting.
I can see how this would be helpful to listen to prior to elections.
This is the first book I’ve listened to by this narrator ( Peter Lerman ) and I would listen to another. I think he did well reading this content.
There is not any swearing.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and voluntarily left this unbiased review.
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- Tom Anderson
- 01-03-20
Better That the Average Presidential Book
This will be short: I enjoyed the book for one reason and one reason only: it was topical not chronological and that made all the difference to me. Instead of the same old rundown of President after President, year after year, Schmuhl address topics, media, for example, and examines each Presidents dealings with and opinions of the media.
A refreshing approach.
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