This title evaluates each president on his effectiveness in each area and a final analysis is provided for the scores combined. The most overrated and underrated chief executives are identified., with each entry including a biographical and political information, as well as an analysis of their overall behavior and status.

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Criteria and Ratings
• Foreign Relations
• Domestic Programs
• Administration and Intergovernmental Relations
• Leadership and Decision Making
• Presidential Comportment
• Overall Assessment
• Underrated and Overrated Presidents
• The Presidents
• GEORGE WASHINGTON
• JOHN ADAMS
• THOMAS JEFFERSON
• JAMES MADISON
• JAMES MONROE
• JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
• ANDREW JACKSON
• MARTIN VAN BUREN
• WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON
• JOHN TYLER
• JAMES KNOX POLK
• ZACHARY TAYLOR
• MILLARD FILLMORE
• FRANKLIN PIERCE
• JAMES BUCHANAN
• ABRAHAM LINCOLN
• ANDREW JOHNSON
• ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT
• RUTHERFORD B. HAYES
• JAMES A. GARFIELD
• CHESTER A. ARTHUR
• GROVER CLEVELAND
• BENJAMIN HARRISON
• WILLIAM McKINLEY
• THEODORE ROOSEVELT
• WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
• WOODROW WILSON
• WARREN G. HARDING
• CALVIN COOLIDGE
• HERBERT HOOVER
• FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
• HARRY S TRUMAN
• DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
• JOHN F. KENNEDY
• LYNDON B. JOHNSON
• RICHARD M. NIXON
• GERALD R. FORD
• JIMMY CARTER
• RONALD REAGAN
• GEORGE H. W. BUSH
• BILL CLINTON
• GEORGE W. BUSH
• BARACK OBAMA
• Bibliography
• Periodicals