The President’s First Year

Coming soon: Crucible: The President’s First Year by Michael Nelson,‎ Jeffrey L. Chidester, and Stefanie Georgakis Abbott.

“Is the presidency a position one must learn on the job, or can one learn from others’ experience? No common thread runs through the list of forty-five presidents; no playbook provides the answers to all the challenges a president will face. Yet even in the most unprecedented situations, history can be instructive.”