I'd love to either write or read a study of bad Presidential leadership and why the worst Presidents failed so horribly at their job. Not controversial Presidents like LBJ or Jackson. I'm talking about consensus terrible Presidents like Pierce, Buchanan, and A. Johnson.
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Replying to @Jake_W
Buchanan & Johnson were very much the wrong men at the wrong time - each had their virtues, though likely virtues that would never have been suited to the presidency. Buchanan's best talent was as a schemer, Johnson a contrarian. Pierce is a much more engrossing case study.
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Replying to @baseballcrank
Both Pierce and Buchanan need good new full length biographies. Existing stuff is mostly old or apologia (some NH-ites have tried to really rehabilitate Pierce).
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Replying to @Jake_W
I assume from other things describing it that it is partisan but very in depth.
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Replying to @baseballcrank
That's what I've gotten from it. It's why I'm leery of it
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My bigger issue is that it is freaking expensive.
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