<p>Review\nGruner's book gives readers a balanced history of the American presidents ranging from Warren Harding to Donald Trump.... Readers receive a refreshing view of the ways presidents help Americans explore their own consciences.... Gruner's book should be seen as essential reading for every conscientious citizen... -- U.S. Review of Books\nGruner examines American presidents from 1920 through 2020 through the lens of his own experience as the CEO of three technology companies. Unlike many presidential biographies, his narrative downplays politics and ideology and instead focuses mainly on quantitative economics.... This book, written in response to "zero-sum" partisanship and ideological polarization...aims to provide a balanced historical perspective. -- Kirkus Reviews\nA number of historical books cover American Presidents, but none is as singularly focused as Ronald Gruner's new book, We The Presidents. Mr. Gruner's experience as an accomplished executive and founder of several technology companies has resulted in a much different perspective of presidential history. His focus on one hundred years of U.S. presidential history is shown primarily through an economic lens. Beginning with Warren Harding in 1921 and ending with Donald Trump in 2021, Mr. Gruner's book, rather than examining a single presidential administration in isolation, establishes the many connections linking presidential administrations. -- The Connector\nGruner's approach, undertaken in a confident, understated tone, consistently throws light on both the personalities and policies of the men in the Oval Office, and the men and women in their orbits. The shifting from historical specifics to wider-angle insights - and challenges - for the reader is expertly done throughout.... It's no mean feat to craft a U.S. Presidents book that feels so refreshingly different from all the others, and somehow Ronald Gruner has done it. -- Open Letters\nWe the Presidents is a non-traditional presidential history. Imagine a presidential history spanning Warren G. Harding to Donald Trump that never mentions Democrat or Republican, liberal or conservative. Instead Gruner discusses how the issues which affect Americans today from income inequality, to failed wars, to resurgent nativism and many other current issues have their roots in the actions taken by presidential administrations over the past century. -- Booklife\nIn We The Presidents author Ronald Gruner has comprehensively written about more than a dozen American presidents, covering every significant aspect of their presidency and the impact they had in the United States and the world at large.... Ronald Gruner is objective. The author is rational and non-biased. His reasoning is clear.... Without focusing on political parties the author gives readers a non-biased but intriguing overview of American history. -- Literary Titan\nRather than politics, WE THE PRESIDENTS focuses on the issues which affect Americans today. Soaring inflation, resurgent nativism, income inequality, budget deficits, the Ukraine crisis and other critical issues, all have their roots in presidential administrations over the past century. For example: President Harding's treasury secretary, Andrew Mellon, promoted radical, new tax policies which slashed the national debt during the nineteen-twenties and decades later emerged as today's supply-side economics. President Clinton's encouragement of NATO's eastward expansion after the end of the Cold War contributed to Russia's evolution into a dangerous adversary rather than an ally as Germany and Japan did after World War II. Presidents Reagan, Clinton and GW Bush promoted the deregulation of the financial industry which fueled explosive growth in the industry but later contributed to the 2008 Financial Crisis.\nWE THE PRESIDENTS is more than an absorbing read; it is a great education about how our country works. The author's engaging and straightforward writing brings alive</p>

We the Presidents: How American Presidents Shaped the Last Century

Biographies & Memoirs

Gruner, Ronald

Historical

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<p>WE THE PRESIDENTS explores how today's political and economic issues were shaped over the last century by American presidents from Warren G. Harding through Donald J. Trump. Most presidential biographies portray a single president, often focusing on the give and take of politics, issues irrelevant to a modern reader. In contrast, WE THE PRESIDENTS provides a sweep of American presidential history from 1920 through 2020 discussing presidential decisions and policies-including immigration, healthcare, income inequality, taxation and the tension between personal liberty and public responsibility-which affect every American today.</p>

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Falvey, Jack

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