| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 91.1

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Book Review

The Modern American Presidency. By Lewis L. Gould. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2003. xvi, 301 pp. $29.95, ISBN 0-7006-1252-1.)
A project assessing a hundred years of American history usually elicits shrugs of indifference from serious historians. Can a book analyze a century of the presidency in three hundred pages without appearing superficial or downright childish? In this study, Lewis L. Gould illustrates why books should not be prejudged simply because they paint with broad strokes. He skillfully avoids many traps in producing a valuable piece of historical analysis.	1
Two simple techniques achieve this goal: Gould assumes a reasonable reader knowledge of American history and concentrates on presidential style, leadership, and organizational skills, not on daily issues or personality quirks. Consequently, he spends most of his energy and page allotment assessing the overall impact of each administration on the institution of the presidency, mentioning issues, personalities, and events only in passing.	. . .

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