Reviews
"An outstanding book. . . . A commanding study on the nature of personal authority and the presidency."--Irish Times, "Hamilton does a superb job of getting at [the presidents''] essences. . . . Anyone who enjoys reading history, and loves to look behind the curtain to see the wizards at work, will find this book well worth reading."--Internet Review of Books, "Enthralling . . . [Hamilton] succeeds brilliantly, . . . offering bracingly clear, if necessarily digested, accounts of the main global events that occurred from the onset of World War Two to our own time."--Irish Independent, "Hamilton does a superb job of getting at [the presidents''] essences. . . . Anyone who enjoys reading history, and loves to look behind the curtain to see the wizards at work, will find this book well worth reading."-- Internet Review of Books, "Hamilton does a superb job of getting at [the presidents'] essences. . . . Anyone who enjoys reading history, and loves to look behind the curtain to see the wizards at work, will find this book well worth reading." Internet Review of Books, "A delight of a summer book: history for the beach, politics for the deckchair, and waspish entertainment come rain or shine."-- London Guardian, "A delight of a summer book: history for the beach, politics for the deckchair, and waspish entertainment come rain or shine."--London Guardian, "Hamilton does a superb job of getting at [the presidents''] essences. . . . Anyone who enjoys reading history, and loves to look behind the curtain to see the wizards at work, will find this book well worth reading." Internet Review of Books, Honorable Mention in the General Non-Fiction Category of the 2010 Los Angeles Book Festival, "An outstanding book. . . . A commanding study on the nature of personal authority and the presidency."-- Irish Times, "A delight of a summer book: history for the beach, politics for the deckchair, and waspish entertainment come rain or shine."- London Guardian, "Hamilton does a superb job of getting at [the presidents'] essences. . . . Anyone who enjoys reading history, and loves to look behind the curtain to see the wizards at work, will find this book well worth reading."- Internet Review of Books, "Provocative, Stimulating, Infuriating, and Readable History."--Herald Scotland, "An outstanding book. . . . A commanding study on the nature of personal authority and the presidency."- Irish Times, "Enthralling . . . [Hamilton] succeeds brilliantly, . . . offering bracingly clear, if necessarily digested, accounts of the main global events that occurred from the onset of World War Two to our own time."-- Irish Independent, "Enthralling . . . [Hamilton] succeeds brilliantly, . . . offering bracingly clear, if necessarily digested, accounts of the main global events that occurred from the onset of World War Two to our own time."- Irish Independent, "An Impressive Gallop Through Eighty Years of U.S. History." Literary Review, "An Impressive Gallop Through Eighty Years of U.S. History."--Literary Review, "Provocative, Stimulating, Infuriating, and Readable History." Herald Scotland
