تیتان‌های زخمی: روسای‌جمهور آمریکایی و خطرات قدرت

"Lerner believed that the nature of the office transforms presidents into titans, but wounded titans, bowed and sometimes broken by forces, fate, destiny, or history, that lie beyond their control. Roosevelt's attempt to pack the Supreme Court; Truman's efforts to manhandle the steel industry; Eisenhower's belief that he could control the military-industrial complex; Kennedy's hyperactive libido and recklessness; Nixon's conviction he could manipulate the political process: each president has had immortal yearnings, and the office that inflated his pride as well as enlarged his flaws. With a new foreword, Wounded Titans contains Lerner's classic essays on the presidency and its development as well as his most famous presidential portraits and the best of his campaign journalism. Learned, wise, illuminating, entertaining, both timely and timeless, Wounded Titans is as large as spirit and scope as the American presidency iteself"--Back cover.;Part I: Aspects of the presidency and some assessments -- Foreword -- The style and genius of American politics -- Presidency and demos -- Presidential leadership in the New America -- Wounded titans -- The shaping of American presidents -- Eros and power -- Desire and power in the White House -- The ardors and tribulations of the journey of liberalism. Part II: A gallery of presidents -- Foreword -- Thomas Jefferson -- Abraham Lincoln -- Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Harry S. Truman -- Richard Nixon -- Ronald Reagan. Part III: Electing a president -- Foreword -- 1940: Roosevelt vs. Willkie -- 1944: Roosevelt vs. Dewey -- 1948: Truman vs. Dewey -- 1952: Eisenhower vs. Stevenson -- 1956: Eisenhower vs. Stevenson -- 1960: Kennedy vs. Nixon -- 1964: Johnson vs. Goldwater -- 1968: Nixon vs. Humphrey -- 1972: Nixon vs. McGovern -- 1976: Carter vs. Ford -- 1980: Reagan vs. Carter -- 1984: Reagan vs. Mondale -- 1988: Bush vs. Dukakis -- 1992: Clinton vs. Bush -- President hunting in an electronic wonderland. “Readers who miss the magisterial pronunciamentos of the late Max Lerner . . . will relish this collection of Lerner's writings on a subject that preoccupied him." — Booklist Max Lerner taught generations of Americans about their government. For almost half a century, the office of the presidency preoccupied his prodigious energies and unparalleled expertise. Lerner not only wrote about the men who inhabited the Oval Office during that time, he knew them personally, from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Bill Clinton—and he knew what made them tick. Here are Lerner's complete writings on the presidency and American presidents. Lerner believed that the nature of the office transforms presidents into titans, but wounded titans, bowed and sometimes broken by forces, fate, destiny, or history, that lie beyond their control. Roosevelt's attempt to pack the Supreme Court; Truman's efforts to manhandle the steel industry; Eisenhower's belief that he could control the military-industrial complex; Kennedy's hyperactive libido and recklessness; Nixon's conviction he could manipulate political process: every president has had immortal yearnings, and the office that inflated his pride also enlarged his flaws. With a new foreword, Wounded Titans contains Lerner's classic essays on the presidency and its development as well as his most famous presidential portraits and the best of his campaign journalism. Learned, wise, illuminating, entertaining, both timely and timeless, Wounded Titans is as large in spirit and scope as the American presidency itself. A collection of essays on power and the American presidency from a journalist who personally knew the men inside the Oval Office. An academic and journalist, Max Lerner dedicated his life to studying American presidents. He not only wrote about the men in the Oval Office, but knew them personally, from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Bill Clinton. Lerner believed that the nature of the office transforms presidents into titans, but wounded titans, bowed and sometimes broken by forces, fate, destiny, or history, that lie beyond their control. Wounded Titans compiles Lerner’s essays on the presidency along with his presidential portraits and campaign journalism. This collection includes Lerner’s thoughts on Roosevelt’s attempt to pack the Supreme Court; Truman’s efforts to manhandle the steel industry; Eisenhower’s belief that he could control the military-industrial complex; Kennedy’s hyperactive libido and recklessness; and Nixon’s conviction that he could manipulate political process. Lerner’s personal relationship with the presidents gives these essays “a powerful immediacy” and “he is unflinching in his assessment of their effectiveness or lack thereof while in office” (Kirkus Reviews). Updated with a new foreword, Wounded Titans is the complete collection of Max Lerner’s writings on the presidency and American presidents.