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The American Presidency, 1945-2000: Illusions of Grandeur

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This is a very interesting view of the American Presidency by an outsider. The author is a professor in England. He sees the presidency from an outside view as the head of the world's only remaining super power and has a good view of the problems that the US is facing from the outside world and internally.

His view is interesting to see, but in some places I wonder if he really understood what he was seeing. The anger and almost hatred that one faction or the other holds for the current President is amazing. Yet, there's still a general following of his authority. The contempt that most people feel for Congress, except for our own representatives is another point difficult to understand.

His conclusion after a pretty good recap of history is that the US will muddle through, on that I think he's right. There will be screaming and yelling, one disaster after another, but in the end it seems that things work out.