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This book takes an American political development approach to explicate the fundamentals of American politics and government. It prompts students to consider and understand how the past shapes the present and future of American politics and government.

This work argues that there has not been a truly great American President in the latter half of the 20th century. It examines five past presidencies, including Washington and Lincoln, showing what made them great and highlighting the possibilities and limitations of the office.

A detailed analysis on the American government using the American Political Development approach.

Investigating what exactly makes a US president great, Landy (political science, Boston College) and Milkis (government, U. of Virginia) choose five they believe exhibit greatness and look for what qualities they had in common. They find that Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, and Franklin Roosevelt all sought to change and improve the nature of the regimes they inherited, and had the good luck to arrive at a time when conditions made su...