Elnökök

Az Ovális Iroda látnokok és parancsnokok, tárgyalók és reformerek otthona volt, akik Amerikát legnagyobb diadalain és legsötétebb óráin át vezették. Ezek a bensőséges portrék és bennfentes beszámolók feltárják a magánküzdelmeket, a nyilvános döntéseket és azokat a sorsdöntő pillanatokat, amelyek az elnökséget és a nemzetet egyaránt formálták.

Elnökök Könyvösszefoglalók

Team of Rivals

írta: Doris Kearns Goodwin • 2005

Lincoln beat three famous rivals for president. Then he hired every last one of them.

4.29

200 000+

👤 Presidential Biography 🏛️ Political Leadership ⚔️ Civil War Era 📋 Cabinet Politics 🤝 Political Rivalry

Team of Rivals

Lincoln beat three famous rivals for president. Then he hired every last one of them.

írta: Doris Kearns Goodwin 2005 916 oldal

4.29

200 000+ értékelés

👤 Presidential Biography 🏛️ Political Leadership ⚔️ Civil War Era 📋 Cabinet Politics 🤝 Political Rivalry

The River of Doubt

írta: Candice Millard • 2005

An unmapped Amazon tributary, a former president, and the expedition that nearly killed him.

4.21

79 000+

🌿 Amazon Exploration 💀 Expedition Histories 🆘 Survival Narratives 🏛️ Presidential Biographies ✊ Indigenous Rights

The River of Doubt

An unmapped Amazon tributary, a former president, and the expedition that nearly killed him.

írta: Candice Millard 2005 416 oldal

4.21

79 000+ értékelés

🌿 Amazon Exploration 💀 Expedition Histories 🆘 Survival Narratives 🏛️ Presidential Biographies ✊ Indigenous Rights

Tried by War

írta: James M. McPherson • 2008

How a lawyer with zero military training became the most hands-on commander in chief.

4.09

5000+

🎖️ Civil War History 🏛️ Presidential Leadership ⚔️ Military Command 📜 War Powers ⛓️‍💥 Emancipation

Tried by War

How a lawyer with zero military training became the most hands-on commander in chief.

írta: James M. McPherson 2008 329 oldal

4.09

5000+ értékelés

🎖️ Civil War History 🏛️ Presidential Leadership ⚔️ Military Command 📜 War Powers ⛓️‍💥 Emancipation

Destiny of the Republic

írta: Candice Millard • 2011

Survivable gunshot, deadly cure: a madman, a president, and the medical failure that finished him.

4.24

86 000+

🗳️ Gilded Age Politics ⚕️ Medical History 🏛️ Presidential Biography 🔫 Political Assassination 🧠 Criminal Insanity

Destiny of the Republic

Survivable gunshot, deadly cure: a madman, a president, and the medical failure that finished him.

írta: Candice Millard 2011 339 oldal

4.24

86 000+ értékelés

🗳️ Gilded Age Politics ⚕️ Medical History 🏛️ Presidential Biography 🔫 Political Assassination 🧠 Criminal Insanity

Fight

írta: Jonathan Allen • 2025

Inside the Democratic implosion: a debate disaster, a party revolt, and the scramble that failed.

3.93

4000+

🗳️ Presidential Campaigns 🐴 Democratic Party 🏛️ Insider Politics 📉 Campaign Disasters 🎭 Political Polarization

Fight

Inside the Democratic implosion: a debate disaster, a party revolt, and the scramble that failed.

írta: Jonathan Allen 2025 352 oldal

3.93

4000+ értékelés

🗳️ Presidential Campaigns 🐴 Democratic Party 🏛️ Insider Politics 📉 Campaign Disasters 🎭 Political Polarization

The Bridge

írta: David Remnick • 2010

Community organizer. Harvard Law. A blowout loss. The political apprenticeship of Barack Obama.

4.10

4000+

📖 Political Biographies 🗳️ Race And Politics 🏙️ Chicago Politics 🧬 Biracial Experience 🤝 Political Pragmatism

The Bridge

Community organizer. Harvard Law. A blowout loss. The political apprenticeship of Barack Obama.

írta: David Remnick 2010 672 oldal

4.10

4000+ értékelés

📖 Political Biographies 🗳️ Race And Politics 🏙️ Chicago Politics 🧬 Biracial Experience 🤝 Political Pragmatism

The Situation Room

írta: George Stephanopoulos • 2024

Twelve presidents. One basement room. The crises that revealed who they really were.

4.33

11 000+

🏛️ Presidential History 🏠 White House History ⚡ Crisis Decision Making 🌍 American Foreign Policy 🔒 National Security

The Situation Room

Twelve presidents. One basement room. The crises that revealed who they really were.

írta: George Stephanopoulos 2024 466 oldal

4.33

11 000+ értékelés

🏛️ Presidential History 🏠 White House History ⚡ Crisis Decision Making 🌍 American Foreign Policy 🔒 National Security

John Adams

írta: David McCullough • 2001

Washington led the army, Jefferson wrote the words. Adams did the work that saved them both.

4.09

300 000+

👔 Founding Fathers 🇺🇸 Presidential Biography ⚔️ Revolutionary War Era 📜 Diplomatic History 📖 Narrative History

John Adams

Washington led the army, Jefferson wrote the words. Adams did the work that saved them both.

írta: David McCullough 2001 751 oldal

4.09

300 000+ értékelés

👔 Founding Fathers 🇺🇸 Presidential Biography ⚔️ Revolutionary War Era 📜 Diplomatic History 📖 Narrative History

My Life

írta: Bill Clinton • 2004

A dead father, a violent stepfather, and an ambition that wouldn't quit: the making of a president.

3.74

50 000+

🏛️ Presidential Memoirs 🗳️ Retail Politics 🌱 Political Coming Of Age 🌴 Southern Politics 🪖 Vietnam War Era

My Life

A dead father, a violent stepfather, and an ambition that wouldn't quit: the making of a president.

írta: Bill Clinton 2004 1008 oldal

3.74

50 000+ értékelés

🏛️ Presidential Memoirs 🗳️ Retail Politics 🌱 Political Coming Of Age 🌴 Southern Politics 🪖 Vietnam War Era

Fear

írta: Bob Woodward • 2018

Top advisors believed the president endangered the country. They worked in secret to stop him.

3.87

65 000+

🏛️ Trump Presidency 🔥 White House Chaos ⚔️ Staff Power Struggles 📢 Populism 🕵️ Russia Investigation

Fear

Top advisors believed the president endangered the country. They worked in secret to stop him.

írta: Bob Woodward 2018 448 oldal

3.87

65 000+ értékelés

🏛️ Trump Presidency 🔥 White House Chaos ⚔️ Staff Power Struggles 📢 Populism 🕵️ Russia Investigation

The Path to Power

írta: Robert A. Caro • 1982

Before the presidency, a Texas hill country boy learned the dark arts of power on a college campus.

4.43

26 000+

🏛️ Presidential Biographies 🎭 Political Manipulation ⚡ Power Accumulation 🕯️ Backroom Politics 🌾 Escape From Poverty

The Path to Power

Before the presidency, a Texas hill country boy learned the dark arts of power on a college campus.

írta: Robert A. Caro 1982 768 oldal

4.43

26 000+ értékelés

🏛️ Presidential Biographies 🎭 Political Manipulation ⚡ Power Accumulation 🕯️ Backroom Politics 🌾 Escape From Poverty

The Divider

írta: Peter Baker • 2022

Trump's presidency was built on division. The Capitol attack was where that architecture led.

4.45

3000+

🏛️ Presidential History 🟠 Trump Presidency ⚔️ Political Division 📉 Democratic Backsliding 📺 Media And Politics

The Divider

Trump's presidency was built on division. The Capitol attack was where that architecture led.

írta: Peter Baker 2022 725 oldal

4.45

3000+ értékelés

🏛️ Presidential History 🟠 Trump Presidency ⚔️ Political Division 📉 Democratic Backsliding 📺 Media And Politics

Confronting the Presidents

írta: Bill O'Reilly • 2024

Every president had flaws, some fatal. A blunt survey of who delivered, who failed, and why.

4.26

7000+

🏛️ Presidential History 👤 Character Studies 🗣️ Opinionated History 🇺🇸 American Presidency 📖 Accessible History

Confronting the Presidents

Every president had flaws, some fatal. A blunt survey of who delivered, who failed, and why.

írta: Bill O'Reilly 2024 417 oldal

4.26

7000+ értékelés

🏛️ Presidential History 👤 Character Studies 🗣️ Opinionated History 🇺🇸 American Presidency 📖 Accessible History

All or Nothing

írta: Michael Wolff • 2025

For Trump's 2024 campaign, legal trouble and media spectacle are the same strategy.

3.75

1000+

🇺🇸 Trump Presidency 🗳️ Campaign Chronicles 📰 Political Journalism 📺 Media Manipulation 💣 Political Scandals

All or Nothing

For Trump's 2024 campaign, legal trouble and media spectacle are the same strategy.

írta: Michael Wolff 2025 400 oldal

3.75

1000+ értékelés

🇺🇸 Trump Presidency 🗳️ Campaign Chronicles 📰 Political Journalism 📺 Media Manipulation 💣 Political Scandals

People vs. Donald Trump

írta: Mark Pomerantz • 2023

Why a veteran prosecutor quit after building the fraud case against Trump: the inside story.

4.06

500+

🕵️ White-Collar Crime ⚖️ Prosecutorial Ethics 📜 Legal Memoir 💸 Financial Fraud 🏛️ Prosecutorial Discretion

People vs. Donald Trump

Why a veteran prosecutor quit after building the fraud case against Trump: the inside story.

írta: Mark Pomerantz 2023 299 oldal

4.06

500+ értékelés

🕵️ White-Collar Crime ⚖️ Prosecutorial Ethics 📜 Legal Memoir 💸 Financial Fraud 🏛️ Prosecutorial Discretion

Enemy of the People

írta: Marvin Kalb • 2018

Trump's war on the press follows a 1950s script. The democracy-saving ending is not guaranteed.

4.13

137

🇺🇸 American Democracy 📰 Press Freedom 🕵️ Mccarthyism 📡 Media Manipulation 🧠 Disinformation

Enemy of the People

Trump's war on the press follows a 1950s script. The democracy-saving ending is not guaranteed.

írta: Marvin Kalb 2018 200 oldal

4.13

137 értékelés

🇺🇸 American Democracy 📰 Press Freedom 🕵️ Mccarthyism 📡 Media Manipulation 🧠 Disinformation

Butler

írta: Salena Zito • 2025

One bullet, one Rust Belt town, and the reckoning America's institutions could no longer postpone.

4.32

1000+

🗳️ Presidential Campaigns 🗣️ American Populism 🔫 Political Violence 📰 Media Bias 🏛️ Institutional Failure

Butler

One bullet, one Rust Belt town, and the reckoning America's institutions could no longer postpone.

írta: Salena Zito 2025 238 oldal

4.32

1000+ értékelés

🗳️ Presidential Campaigns 🗣️ American Populism 🔫 Political Violence 📰 Media Bias 🏛️ Institutional Failure

Grant

írta: Ron Chernow • 2017

Failed farmer, rumored drunk. How Ulysses Grant won the Civil War and fought the Klan as president.

4.50

44 000+

📖 Civil War History 🏛️ Presidential Biography 📜 Military Strategy 🔄 Revisionist History 🔗 Emancipation

Grant

Failed farmer, rumored drunk. How Ulysses Grant won the Civil War and fought the Klan as president.

írta: Ron Chernow 2017 1104 oldal

4.50

44 000+ értékelés

📖 Civil War History 🏛️ Presidential Biography 📜 Military Strategy 🔄 Revisionist History 🔗 Emancipation

Blind Ambition

írta: John W. Dean • 1976

At 31, Nixon's counsel ran the Watergate cover-up. Then he told prosecutors everything.

4.04

1000+

🏛️ Presidential Scandals 🤐 Political Cover-Ups 📢 Whistleblowers 📖 White House Memoirs 🇺🇸 Nixon Era

Blind Ambition

At 31, Nixon's counsel ran the Watergate cover-up. Then he told prosecutors everything.

írta: John W. Dean 1976 614 oldal

4.04

1000+ értékelés

🏛️ Presidential Scandals 🤐 Political Cover-Ups 📢 Whistleblowers 📖 White House Memoirs 🇺🇸 Nixon Era

Devil's Bargain

írta: Joshua Green • 2017

Bannon assembled a network of money and outrage to destroy the Clintons. Trump became the weapon.

3.80

5000+

🗳️ Right-Wing Populism 🏛️ Political Campaigns 📰 Media Manipulation 🕵️ Conspiracy Politics ⚖️ Political Polarization

Devil's Bargain

Bannon assembled a network of money and outrage to destroy the Clintons. Trump became the weapon.

írta: Joshua Green 2017 302 oldal

3.80

5000+ értékelés

🗳️ Right-Wing Populism 🏛️ Political Campaigns 📰 Media Manipulation 🕵️ Conspiracy Politics ⚖️ Political Polarization

Confidence Man

írta: Maggie Haberman • 2022

Roy Cohn's code: attack, deny, counter-sue. The protege who learned it eventually ran the country.

4.09

10 000+

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🗽 New York Politics 📺 Media And Politics 🌟 Celebrity Politicians 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Confidence Man

Roy Cohn's code: attack, deny, counter-sue. The protege who learned it eventually ran the country.

írta: Maggie Haberman 2022 597 oldal

4.09

10 000+ értékelés

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🗽 New York Politics 📺 Media And Politics 🌟 Celebrity Politicians 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Thomas Jefferson

írta: Jon Meacham • 2012

How the Declaration's author became the most quietly effective politician of the founding era.

4.05

43 000+

🏛️ Founding Fathers 📜 Early American Republic 🦅 American Presidency 📖 Presidential Biography 🔔 Revolutionary America

Thomas Jefferson

How the Declaration's author became the most quietly effective politician of the founding era.

írta: Jon Meacham 2012 759 oldal

4.05

43 000+ értékelés

🏛️ Founding Fathers 📜 Early American Republic 🦅 American Presidency 📖 Presidential Biography 🔔 Revolutionary America

The First Family Detail

írta: Ronald Kessler • 2014

Cruelty, affairs, nuclear lapses: what Secret Service agents witnessed inside the White House.

3.37

3000+

🏛️ Presidential History 🛡️ Secret Service 📰 Political Exposé 👁️ Insider Accounts ⚠️ Institutional Failure

The First Family Detail

Cruelty, affairs, nuclear lapses: what Secret Service agents witnessed inside the White House.

írta: Ronald Kessler 2014 272 oldal

3.37

3000+ értékelés

🏛️ Presidential History 🛡️ Secret Service 📰 Political Exposé 👁️ Insider Accounts ⚠️ Institutional Failure

Decision Points

írta: George W. Bush • 2010

He arrived planning education reform; history handed him 9/11 and two wars.

3.81

42 000+

📖 Presidential Memoirs 🏛️ Post-9/11 Politics 🛡️ Counterterrorism 🏗️ Nation-Building ⚔️ Wartime Leadership

Decision Points

He arrived planning education reform; history handed him 9/11 and two wars.

írta: George W. Bush 2010 496 oldal

3.81

42 000+ értékelés

📖 Presidential Memoirs 🏛️ Post-9/11 Politics 🛡️ Counterterrorism 🏗️ Nation-Building ⚔️ Wartime Leadership

Obama

írta: David Mendell • 2007

A Chicago organizer's cautious climb: from Harvard Law to the 2004 speech that made him a star.

4.18

2000+

🏛️ American Politics 🚀 Political Rise 🌍 Biracial Identity 🏘️ Community Organizing ⚖️ Race And Politics

Obama

A Chicago organizer's cautious climb: from Harvard Law to the 2004 speech that made him a star.

írta: David Mendell 2007 448 oldal

4.18

2000+ értékelés

🏛️ American Politics 🚀 Political Rise 🌍 Biracial Identity 🏘️ Community Organizing ⚖️ Race And Politics

The Truth About Trump

írta: Michael D'Antonio • 2015

A Queens developer's decades-long project of self-invention, and how it conquered America.

3.54

500+

🏛️ Political Biographies 💼 Business Moguls 👨‍👦 Family Dynasties 🗳️ Populist Politics 📺 Media Manipulation

The Truth About Trump

A Queens developer's decades-long project of self-invention, and how it conquered America.

írta: Michael D'Antonio 2015 550 oldal

3.54

500+ értékelés

🏛️ Political Biographies 💼 Business Moguls 👨‍👦 Family Dynasties 🗳️ Populist Politics 📺 Media Manipulation

The Audacity to Win

írta: David Plouffe • 2009

How delegate math, two million small donors, and a custom social network beat the Clinton machine.

4.00

3000+

🎯 Electoral Strategy 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 📊 Data-Driven Campaigning 📋 Campaign Management 📣 Political Messaging

The Audacity to Win

How delegate math, two million small donors, and a custom social network beat the Clinton machine.

írta: David Plouffe 2009 400 oldal

4.00

3000+ értékelés

🎯 Electoral Strategy 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 📊 Data-Driven Campaigning 📋 Campaign Management 📣 Political Messaging

Days of Fire

írta: Peter Baker • 2013

Bush and Cheney steered America through 9/11 and two wars; one pardon destroyed the partnership.

4.11

3000+

🏛️ Presidential History 🇺🇸 Bush Administration 💥 Iraq War 🛡️ War On Terror ⚖️ Executive Power

Days of Fire

Bush and Cheney steered America through 9/11 and two wars; one pardon destroyed the partnership.

írta: Peter Baker 2013 816 oldal

4.11

3000+ értékelés

🏛️ Presidential History 🇺🇸 Bush Administration 💥 Iraq War 🛡️ War On Terror ⚖️ Executive Power

írta: George W. Bush • 2014

A son's Oval Office portrait of his father: loss, war, and the quiet character that held.

4.08

11 000+

🏛️ Presidential Biography 📜 Political Memoirs 🧭 Principled Leadership ⚔️ Wartime Leadership 🛡️ Resilience In Adversity

A son's Oval Office portrait of his father: loss, war, and the quiet character that held.

írta: George W. Bush 2014 294 oldal

4.08

11 000+ értékelés

🏛️ Presidential Biography 📜 Political Memoirs 🧭 Principled Leadership ⚔️ Wartime Leadership 🛡️ Resilience In Adversity

Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs

írta: Ulysses S. Grant • 1885

Cancer-ridden and bankrupt, a president writes the war he won, racing death to save his family.

4.14

9000+

🏛️ Civil War Campaigns 🎖️ Military Memoir 🗺️ Strategic Command 🚂 Military Logistics 💡 Military Realism

Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs Personal Memoirs

Cancer-ridden and bankrupt, a president writes the war he won, racing death to save his family.

írta: Ulysses S. Grant 1885

4.14

9000+ értékelés

🏛️ Civil War Campaigns 🎖️ Military Memoir 🗺️ Strategic Command 🚂 Military Logistics 💡 Military Realism

George Washington

írta: James MacGregor Burns • 2004

How Washington invented the presidency from scratch, and why his precedents still rule the office.

3.97

1000+

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🔔 Founding Era 📜 Constitutional Origins ⚡ Executive Power 🎓 Leadership Studies

George Washington

How Washington invented the presidency from scratch, and why his precedents still rule the office.

írta: James MacGregor Burns 2004 208 oldal

3.97

1000+ értékelés

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🔔 Founding Era 📜 Constitutional Origins ⚡ Executive Power 🎓 Leadership Studies

Crisis and Command

írta: John Yoo • 2010

America's greatest presidents kept breaking the rules. That was the point.

3.64

132

🏛️ Executive Power 📜 Constitutional History 🇺🇸 Presidential History 🎖️ Wartime Powers ⚖️ Separation Of Powers

Crisis and Command

America's greatest presidents kept breaking the rules. That was the point.

írta: John Yoo 2010

3.64

132 értékelés

🏛️ Executive Power 📜 Constitutional History 🇺🇸 Presidential History 🎖️ Wartime Powers ⚖️ Separation Of Powers

The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33

írta: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. • 1957

An aristocrat's reluctant turn toward populism, set against the crash of an economic order.

4.19

455

🇺🇸 Presidential Biography 🗽 Interwar America 🌱 Political Origins 🌊 Progressive Era 🏛️ Aristocratic Legacy

The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33

An aristocrat's reluctant turn toward populism, set against the crash of an economic order.

írta: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. 1957 576 oldal

4.19

455 értékelés

🇺🇸 Presidential Biography 🗽 Interwar America 🌱 Political Origins 🌊 Progressive Era 🏛️ Aristocratic Legacy

Renegade

írta: Richard Wolffe • 2009

The community-organizer playbook that scaled to a nation, broke every campaign rule, and won.

3.94

2000+

🗳️ Presidential Campaigns 📜 Political Biography 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 🇺🇸 American Political History 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Biracial Identity

Renegade

The community-organizer playbook that scaled to a nation, broke every campaign rule, and won.

írta: Richard Wolffe 2009 356 oldal

3.94

2000+ értékelés

🗳️ Presidential Campaigns 📜 Political Biography 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 🇺🇸 American Political History 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Biracial Identity

Gaslighting America

írta: Amanda Carpenter • 2018

Why millions cheer when Trump lies: a repeatable playbook that weaponizes psychology and media.

3.89

425

🎭 Political Manipulation 📺 Media Manipulation 🕵️ Disinformation Tactics 📖 Authoritarian Playbook 📰 Post-Truth Politics

Gaslighting America

Why millions cheer when Trump lies: a repeatable playbook that weaponizes psychology and media.

írta: Amanda Carpenter 2018 288 oldal

3.89

425 értékelés

🎭 Political Manipulation 📺 Media Manipulation 🕵️ Disinformation Tactics 📖 Authoritarian Playbook 📰 Post-Truth Politics

The Long Alliance

írta: Gabriel Debenedetti • 2022

What held the Obama presidency together was the partnership nobody expected to work.

4.02

264

🏛️ Obama Era 🤝 Political Partnerships 🇺🇸 American Presidency ⚡ Governing Through Crisis 🏥 Healthcare Politics

The Long Alliance

What held the Obama presidency together was the partnership nobody expected to work.

írta: Gabriel Debenedetti 2022 421 oldal

4.02

264 értékelés

🏛️ Obama Era 🤝 Political Partnerships 🇺🇸 American Presidency ⚡ Governing Through Crisis 🏥 Healthcare Politics

American Lion

írta: Jon Meacham • 2008

How an orphan's fury for the elite built the modern presidency by breaking every established rule.

3.86

57 000+

🏛️ American Presidency 🏞️ Jacksonian Era 🗳️ Jacksonian Democracy 🔗 Nullification Crisis 💵 Bank War

American Lion

How an orphan's fury for the elite built the modern presidency by breaking every established rule.

írta: Jon Meacham 2008 483 oldal

3.86

57 000+ értékelés

🏛️ American Presidency 🏞️ Jacksonian Era 🗳️ Jacksonian Democracy 🔗 Nullification Crisis 💵 Bank War

The Crusader

írta: Paul Kengor • 2006

The Cold War didn't end by accident. Reagan spent six decades preparing to win it.

4.33

387

❄️ Cold War History 🏛️ Presidential Biography 💰 Economic Warfare 🚀 Arms Race 🕵️ Covert Operations

The Crusader

The Cold War didn't end by accident. Reagan spent six decades preparing to win it.

írta: Paul Kengor 2006 432 oldal

4.33

387 értékelés

❄️ Cold War History 🏛️ Presidential Biography 💰 Economic Warfare 🚀 Arms Race 🕵️ Covert Operations

His Very Best

írta: Jonathan Alter • 2020

The one-term president who redefined what a former president can do.

4.35

2000+

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🚪 Outsider Politics 🕊️ Human Rights Diplomacy 📫 Post-Presidential Service 🤝 Conflict Resolution

His Very Best

The one-term president who redefined what a former president can do.

írta: Jonathan Alter 2020 800 oldal

4.35

2000+ értékelés

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🚪 Outsider Politics 🕊️ Human Rights Diplomacy 📫 Post-Presidential Service 🤝 Conflict Resolution

Truman by David McCullough

írta: David McCullough • 1992

A failed haberdasher from Missouri inherits the presidency, the atomic bomb, and the Cold War.

4.17

91 000+

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🥶 Cold War History 📖 Narrative History ⚔️ Wartime Leadership 🪑 Executive Leadership

Truman by David McCullough

A failed haberdasher from Missouri inherits the presidency, the atomic bomb, and the Cold War.

írta: David McCullough 1992

4.17

91 000+ értékelés

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🥶 Cold War History 📖 Narrative History ⚔️ Wartime Leadership 🪑 Executive Leadership

The Price of Greatness

írta: Jay Cost • 2018

The Constitution's coauthors split over its purpose. That rift still produces American oligarchy.

3.71

245

🔔 Founding Era 📜 Constitutional Debates 💰 Hamiltonian Economics ⚖️ Madisonian Democracy 🐍 Political Corruption

The Price of Greatness

The Constitution's coauthors split over its purpose. That rift still produces American oligarchy.

írta: Jay Cost 2018 256 oldal

3.71

245 értékelés

🔔 Founding Era 📜 Constitutional Debates 💰 Hamiltonian Economics ⚖️ Madisonian Democracy 🐍 Political Corruption

The Last American President

írta: Thom Hartmann • 2025

Billionaire money, racial grievance, cruel politics: how the GOP became an authoritarian machine.

4.48

321

🏛️ Political Corruption 👑 Authoritarianism 💸 Plutocracy 🗳️ Voter Suppression 📢 Disinformation

The Last American President

Billionaire money, racial grievance, cruel politics: how the GOP became an authoritarian machine.

írta: Thom Hartmann 2025 224 oldal

4.48

321 értékelés

🏛️ Political Corruption 👑 Authoritarianism 💸 Plutocracy 🗳️ Voter Suppression 📢 Disinformation

What I Saw at the Revolution

írta: Peggy Noonan • 1990

A Brooklyn speechwriter gives Reagan his voice, then finds power is hollow at the center.

3.91

500+

🇺🇸 Reagan Era 🏛️ White House Memoirs ✍️ Political Speechwriting 🌽 Populist Politics 👩‍💼 Women In Politics

What I Saw at the Revolution

A Brooklyn speechwriter gives Reagan his voice, then finds power is hollow at the center.

írta: Peggy Noonan 1990 384 oldal

3.91

500+ értékelés

🇺🇸 Reagan Era 🏛️ White House Memoirs ✍️ Political Speechwriting 🌽 Populist Politics 👩‍💼 Women In Politics

The Last Founding Father

írta: Harlow Giles Unger • 2009

America's least-known founder doubled its land, drew a line around a hemisphere, and died bankrupt.

3.94

10 000+

🏛️ American Founding Fathers 🇺🇸 Presidential Biography 📜 Early American Republic 🤝 Diplomatic History 🌄 Westward Expansion

The Last Founding Father

America's least-known founder doubled its land, drew a line around a hemisphere, and died bankrupt.

írta: Harlow Giles Unger 2009 388 oldal

3.94

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Negro President

írta: Garry Wills • 2003

The math that made Jefferson president: electoral votes from people who could not vote.

3.76

285

🏛️ Early American Republic ⛓️ Slave Power 📜 Constitutional Politics 🎩 Jefferson Scholarship 🗳️ Race And Democracy

Negro President

The math that made Jefferson president: electoral votes from people who could not vote.

írta: Garry Wills 2003

3.76

285 értékelés

🏛️ Early American Republic ⛓️ Slave Power 📜 Constitutional Politics 🎩 Jefferson Scholarship 🗳️ Race And Democracy

Mornings on Horseback

írta: David McCullough • 1981

A sickly rich boy remade his body, then lost his wife and mother on the same day.

4.10

35 000+

🏙️ Gilded Age New York 💪 Physical Resilience 🗳️ Reform Politics 🌅 Grief And Renewal 🌱 Progressive Era Roots

Mornings on Horseback

A sickly rich boy remade his body, then lost his wife and mother on the same day.

írta: David McCullough 1981 445 oldal

4.10

35 000+ értékelés

🏙️ Gilded Age New York 💪 Physical Resilience 🗳️ Reform Politics 🌅 Grief And Renewal 🌱 Progressive Era Roots

The Fierce Urgency of Now

írta: Julian E. Zelizer • 2015

Ruthless legislator, landslide, movement: how the Great Society passed, and the war that killed it.

4.00

292

🏛️ Legislative History 🇺🇸 1960s America ✊🏿 Civil Rights Movement 🗳️ Voting Rights 💰 War On Poverty

The Fierce Urgency of Now

Ruthless legislator, landslide, movement: how the Great Society passed, and the war that killed it.

írta: Julian E. Zelizer 2015 384 oldal

4.00

292 értékelés

🏛️ Legislative History 🇺🇸 1960s America ✊🏿 Civil Rights Movement 🗳️ Voting Rights 💰 War On Poverty

Trumpocracy

írta: David Frum • 2018

American democracy didn't fall; it was hollowed out by lies and a party that looked away.

3.88

3000+

🏛️ Democratic Backsliding 🇺🇸 Trump Administration 💰 Political Corruption 📺 Media Manipulation ⚠️ Authoritarian Drift

Trumpocracy

American democracy didn't fall; it was hollowed out by lies and a party that looked away.

írta: David Frum 2018 301 oldal

3.88

3000+ értékelés

🏛️ Democratic Backsliding 🇺🇸 Trump Administration 💰 Political Corruption 📺 Media Manipulation ⚠️ Authoritarian Drift

Eisenhower

írta: Stephen E. Ambrose • 1990

A Kansas tantrum taught Eisenhower the restraint that held allies together and kept the peace.

4.03

12 000+

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🥶 Cold War History 🫡 Military Leadership 🤝 Alliance Diplomacy ☢️ Nuclear Deterrence

Eisenhower

A Kansas tantrum taught Eisenhower the restraint that held allies together and kept the peace.

írta: Stephen E. Ambrose 1990 635 oldal

4.03

12 000+ értékelés

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🥶 Cold War History 🫡 Military Leadership 🤝 Alliance Diplomacy ☢️ Nuclear Deterrence

The Passage of Power

írta: Robert A. Caro • 2012

Broken by the vice presidency, crowned by tragedy. The seven weeks that revealed Lyndon Johnson.

4.41

20 000+

📖 Narrative History 💪 Political Power 📜 Legislative Strategy 🔄 Presidential Transitions ✊🏾 Civil Rights Movement

The Passage of Power

Broken by the vice presidency, crowned by tragedy. The seven weeks that revealed Lyndon Johnson.

írta: Robert A. Caro 2012 712 oldal

4.41

20 000+ értékelés

📖 Narrative History 💪 Political Power 📜 Legislative Strategy 🔄 Presidential Transitions ✊🏾 Civil Rights Movement

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