Imperfect Presidents: Tales of Presidential Misadventure and Triumph

A lighthearted portrait of the American presidency reveals the ways in which political faux pas or snafus committed by or aimed at presidents can have history-altering consequences, in an exploration of ten events that includes Lincoln's criticism of a preacher, Johnson's electoral fraud in the 1948 Senate race, and Reagan's role in the Iran-Contra affair. 25,000 first printing.