Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.

The maverick politician from Georgia who rode the post- Watergate wave into office but whose term was consumed by economic and international crises A peanut...

The towering figure who sought to transform America into a "Great Society" but whose ambitions and presidency collapsed in the tragedy of the Vietnam War Few...

The genial but troubled New Englander whose single-minded partisan loyalties inflamed the nation's simmering battle over slavery Charming and handsome,...

The Republican efficiency expert whose economic boosterism met its match in the Great Depression Catapulted into national politics by his heroic campaigns to...

America’s greatest president, who rose to power in the country’s greatest hour of need and whose vision saw the United States through the Civil War Abraham...

The first “accidental president,” whose secret maneuverings brought Texas into the Union and set secession in motion When William Henry Harrison died in April...

This elegant boxed-set includes biographies of America’s first four chief executives in volumes compact enough for the busy listener....

The plainspoken man from Missouri who never expected to be president yet rose to become one of the greatest leaders of the twentieth century In April 1945,...

The rough-hewn general who rose to the nation’s highest office, and whose presidency witnessed the first political skirmishes that would lead to the Civil...

The judicious statesman who won victories abroad but suffered defeat at home, whose wisdom and demeanor served America well at a critical time George Bush...

The complex man at the center of America’s most self-destructive presidency In this provocative and revelatory assessment of the only president ever forced...

The “accidental” president whose innate decency and steady hand restored the presidency after its greatest crisis When Gerald R. Ford entered the White...

The austere president who presided over the Roaring Twenties and whose conservatism masked an innovative approach to national leadership He was known as...

The ambitious self-made man who reached the pinnacle of American politics—only to be felled by an assassin’s bullet and to die at the hands of his...

The towering figure who remade American politics—the champion of the ordinary citizen and the scourge of entrenched privilege The Founding Fathers...

The former senator and presidential candidate offers a provocative new assessment of the first “national security president” James Monroe is remembered...

The scion of a political dynasty ushers in the era of big government Politics was in Benjamin Harrison's blood. His great-grandfather signed the...

The first president born after America's independence ushers in a new era of no-holds-barred democracy The first "professional politician" to become...

The underappreciated presidency of the military man who won the Civil War and then had to win the peace as well As a general, Ulysses S. Grant is routinely...

The Gilded Age bon vivant who became America's unlikeliest chief executive-and who presided over a sweeping reform of the system that nurtured him Chester...

A provocative reconsideration of a presidency on the brink of Civil War Almost no president was as well trained and well prepared for the office as James...

A premier leadership scholar and an eighteenth-century expert define the special contributions and qualifications of our first president Revolutionary...

President Nixon’s former counsel illuminates another presidency marked by scandal Warren G. Harding may be best known as America’s worst...

The story of a pivotal president who watched over our westward expansion and solidified the dream of Jacksonian democracy James K. Polk was a shrewd and...

A masterly work by the New York Times bestselling author of Churchill and Gladstone A protean figure and a man of massive achievement, Franklin Delano...

A bestselling historian and political commentator reconsiders McKinley's overshadowed legacy By any serious measurement, bestselling historian Kevin...

A revealing look at the true beginning of American politics Until recently rescued by David McCullough, John Adams has always been overshadowed by...

A comprehensive account of the rise and fall of one of the major shapers of American foreign policy On the eve of his inauguration as President, Woodrow...

An illuminating analysis of the man whose name is synonymous with American democracy Few presidents have embodied the American spirit as fully as Thomas...

An American icon and hero faces a nation-and a world-in transition A bona-fide American hero at the close of World War II, General Dwight Eisenhower rode an...

A leader of the Reconstruction era, whose contested election eerily parallels the election debacle of 2000 The disputed election of 1876 between Rutherford...

A vivid portrait of a man whose pre- and post-presidential careers overshadowed his presidency. Chosen by the House of Representatives after an inconclusive...

A fresh look at the only president to serve nonconsecutive terms. Though often overlooked, Grover Cleveland was a significant figure in American...

A bestselling historian examines the life of a Founding Father. Renowned historian and social commentator Garry Wills takes a fresh look at the life of...

An intimate portrait of the first president of the 20th century The American century opened with the election of that quintessentially American adventurer,...