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Reviewed on April 1, 2003
Gould (history, emeritus, Univ. of Texas, Austin; The Presidency of William McKinley) tries to make sense of the "modern American presidency" and the peculiar mixture of chief executives who have occupied the office from William McKinley (President from 1897 to 1901) to George W. Bush. Did the modern presidency begin with McKinley and Teddy Roosevelt, as most historians argue, or with FDR, as most pol...Log In or Sign Up to Read More