000452544 000__ 01923cam\a2200385\a\4500 000452544 001__ 452544 000452544 005__ 20210513155802.0 000452544 008__ 110929s2012\\\\nyua\\\\\b\\\\001\0deng\\ 000452544 010__ $$a 2011039883 000452544 019__ $$a759913732$$a795706954 000452544 020__ $$a9781451625400 000452544 020__ $$a1451625405 000452544 020__ $$a9781451625424 (pbk.) 000452544 020__ $$a1451625421 (pbk.) 000452544 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn755213541 000452544 035__ $$a452544 000452544 040__ $$aDLC$$beng$$cDLC$$dBTCTA$$dYDXCP$$dBDX$$dUPZ$$dMLY$$dLF3$$dCDX$$dGPI$$dBWX$$dYBM 000452544 042__ $$apcc 000452544 043__ $$an-us--- 000452544 049__ $$aISEA 000452544 05000 $$aE176.1$$b.M468 2012 000452544 08200 $$a973.009/9$$aB$$223 000452544 1001_ $$aMerry, Robert W.,$$d1946- 000452544 24510 $$aWhere they stand :$$bthe American presidents in the eyes of voters and historians /$$cRobert W. Merry. 000452544 250__ $$a1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. 000452544 260__ $$aNew York :$$bSimon & Schuster,$$c2012. 000452544 300__ $$axxii, 298 p. :$$bill. ;$$c25 cm. 000452544 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 251-281) and index. 000452544 5050_ $$aIntroduction: The great white house rating game -- I. The historians -- The judgment of history -- The vagaries of history -- II. The people -- The making of the presidency -- The presidential referendum -- The judgment of the electorate -- The stain of failure -- III. The test of greatness -- War and peace -- Split-decision presidents -- Leaders of destiny -- IV. Reputations in flux -- Republican resurgence -- The post-Cold War presidents -- Conclusion: Clear and present danger. 000452544 520__ $$aMerry examines how and why presidents succeed and fail by recounting the judgments of historians and comparing them to how the voters saw things. 000452544 650_0 $$aPresidents$$xRating of$$zUnited States. 000452544 650_0 $$aPresidents$$zUnited States$$vBiography. 000452544 650_0 $$aPresidents$$zUnited States$$xHistory. 000452544 650_0 $$aPolitical leadership$$zUnited States$$xHistory. 000452544 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xPolitics and government. 000452544 85200 $$bgen$$hE176.1$$i.M468$$i2012 000452544 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:452544$$pGLOBAL_SET 000452544 980__ $$aBIB 000452544 980__ $$aBOOK