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From the New York Times bestselling author of The American Story and How to Lead and host of PBS’s History with David Rubenstein—David Rubenstein interviews living American presidents and top historians and journalists who reflect on the US presidency, including Joe Biden, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Maggie Haberman, Ron Chernow, and more.
For years, bestselling author David M. Rubenstein has distilled the contours of American democracy through conversations with noted leaders and historians. In The Highest Calling, he offers an enlightening overview of arguably the single most important position in the world: the American presidency.
Blending history and anecdote, Rubenstein chronicles the journeys of the presidents who have defined America as it exists now, what they envision for its future, and their legacy on the world stage. Drawing from his own experience in the Carter administration, he engages in dialogues with our nation’s presidents and the historians who study them. Get exclusive access to fresh perspectives, including:
-Original interviews with most of the living US presidents
-Interviews with noted presidential historians like Annette Gordon-Reed, Ron Chernow, Candice Millard, and more
Through “chatty, insightful, and enlightening” (The Wall Street Journal) analysis, Rubenstein captures our country’s most prominent leaders, the political genius and frays of the presidential role, and the wisdom that emerges from it.
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- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Douglas Bradburn on George Washington
- Chapter 2: Gordon Wood on John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
- Chapter 3: Annette Gordon-Reed on Thomas Jefferson
- Chapter 4: Ted Widmer on Abraham Lincoln
- Chapter 5: Ron Chernow on Ulysses S. Grant
- Chapter 6: Candice Millard on James A. Garfield
- Chapter 7: A. Scott Berg on Woodrow Wilson
- Chapter 8: Amity Shlaes on Calvin Coolidge
- Chapter 9: Jonathan Darman on Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Chapter 10: Jeffrey Frank on Harry S. Truman
- Chapter 11: Susan Eisenhower on Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Chapter 12: Fredrik Logevall on John F. Kennedy
- Chapter 13: Evan Thomas on Richard M. Nixon
- Chapter 14: Richard Norton Smith on Gerald R. Ford
- Chapter 15: Kai Bird on Jimmy Carter
- Chapter 16: Timothy J. Naftali on George H. W. Bush
- Chapter 17: William Jefferson (Bill) Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton on George Washington
- Chapter 18: President George W. Bush
- Chapter 19: Peter Baker on Barack Obama
- Chapter 20: President Donald J. Trump
- Chapter 21: Maggie Haberman on Donald J. Trump
- Chapter 22: President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
- Chapter 23: Franklin Foer on President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
- Conclusion
- Postscript
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Index
- Copyright
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