This book examines the contact relationships between U.S. presidents and America's intellectuals since 1960.

Why has it been so long since an American president has effectively and consistently presented well-crafted, intellectually substantive arguments to the America

Winner of the Daughters of the American Revolution’s Excellence in American History Book Award Winner of the Thomas J. Wilson Memorial Prize “Cogent, lucid,

The Washington Post’s Pulitzer Prize–winning book critic uses the books of the Trump era to argue that our response to this presidency reflects the same fai

The first president born after America's independence ushers in a new era of no-holds-barred democracy The first "professional politician" to become president,