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1 online resource (xx, 291 pages)

ISBN 9780700628513 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9780700628506 (print)

Print version: Knott, Stephen F. Lost Soul of the American Presidency : The Decline into Demagoguery and the Prospects for Renewal. Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, c2019 xx, 291 pages ISBN 9780700628506

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction: The long, declining road -- The founders presidency : Washington, Hamilton, and an office of sober expectations -- The presidency of popular consent : Thomas Jefferson and the "Revolution of 1800" -- Andrew Jackson : "the majority is to govern" -- Abraham Lincoln and the "mobocratic spirit" -- Woodrow Wilson : "to be as big a man as he can" -- FDR and Harry Truman : "give ’em hell" -- Ike and Jack : a study in contrasting presidencies -- The road to degradation -- The apotheosis of the popular presidency : Donald J. Trump -- The prospects for renewal.

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