About the book
Jared Cohen profiles the eight men who became president of the United States after the incumbent died in office, arguing that the character of the person holding the office shapes the nation and the world. John Tyler, who followed William Henry Harrison, was thrown out of his party and was the first president to face an impeachment threat. Millard Fillmore dismissed the entire cabinet and backed Henry Clay's compromise of 1850, while Andrew Johnson sided with remnants of the Confederacy during Reconstruction. Theodore Roosevelt broke up the trusts, Chester Arthur reformed the civil service, Coolidge quieted the Harding scandals, and Lyndon B. Johnson advanced civil rights but failed on Vietnam. It became a New York Times bestseller.
Ray Dalio found it timely and informative, saying it gave him a useful and entertaining view of past presidents in comparable hard times as he considered the challenges facing the next president.
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Ray Dalio (Founder/Bridgewater Associates)
I found “Accidental Presidents” by @JaredCohen timely and informative. As I am thinking about the next president and the challenges he or she will face, that book provides me a valuable and entertaining view of past presidents during analogous difficult times.
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