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Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America

Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America Hardcover - 2019

by Cohen, Jared

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Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America by Jared Cohen Eight times in our republic a vice president has succeeded on the death of the president -- history altered by a heartbeat. In many cases, the men who came to fill the shoes of presidents had been spouses in marriages of political convenience chosen for the candidate's strategy, or to court a constituency. Each would have to earn the respect of men loyal to his predecessor, or find a way to discard them. Each had to step out of the shadow and learn to be president. Some succeeded., others did not. Only one, TR, would likely have made it to the highest office on his own. Truman was a gift to FDR and to the nation, to the happy surprise of many. Andrew Johnson was a catastrophic successor to Abraham Lincoln. Accidental Presidents describes some of our history's most momentous decisions and crucial turning points. It is also a powerful argument against a limited reading of the Constitution by the highest court. The Constitution leaves the question of succession largely unanswered. Simon & Schuster, Hardcover, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, 2019
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  • Title Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America
  • Author Cohen, Jared
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Condition New
  • Pages 528
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster
  • Date 2019
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 1139
  • ISBN 9781501109829 / 1501109820
  • Weight 1.48 lbs (0.67 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1.7 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 4.32 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Presidents - United States, Biographies
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2018043445
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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About the author

Jared Cohen is the president of global affairs and cohead of applied innovation at Goldman Sachs, where he joined as a partner and member of the firm's management committee in 2022. Before joining Goldman Sachs, he was CEO of Jigsaw, which he founded at Alphabet Inc. in 2016. Prior to that, he was Google's first director of ideas and chief advisor to Google's chief executive officer and executive chairman Eric Schmidt. From 2006 to 2010, he served as a member of the Secretary of State's policy planning staff and as a close advisor to both Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton. He is a New York Times bestselling author of five books, most recently Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America. He has been named to the Time 100 list, Foreign Policy's "Top 100 Global Thinkers," and Fortune's "40 Under 40." He lives in New York City with his wife and three daughters.