Hatred of America's Presidents: Personal Attacks on the White House from Washington to Trump

Although many think that the current presidential political climate is an aberration, Han (political science, Chapman Univ., CA) and other historians and political scientists convincingly prove that every U.S. president has faced heated opposition or controversy while in office. Each entry focuses on a president's prevalent personal and political lines of attack, prominent enemies, and damaging scandals or disagreements before and after taking office. Readers will be fascinated at how these issues influenced policies and effectiveness. Perhaps even more interesting is the variety of strategies leaders used to combat adversaries and theories on why some weathered the storm better than others. Various themes and topics such as the role of media, political psychology, leadership ability, character, personality, and will are expertly and entertainingly interwoven.