A UK survey has revealed its results assessing the merits of 40 presidents of the United States (2 not counted for shortness of tenure) and it is an interesting read!
The BBC website has a good summary
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12195111
and the full results can be seen at
http://americas.sas.ac.uk/research/survey/overall.htm
In total, 47 British academics specialising in American history and politics took part. They were asked to rate the performance of every president from 1789 to 2009 (excluding William Henry Harrison and James Garfield, who both died shortly after taking office) in five categories:
- vision/agenda-setting
- domestic leadership
- foreign policy leadership
- moral authority
- positive historical significance of their legacy
Have a read and see who wins and how George W Bush scored!
Fascinating!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this AJB.