The rationale asserted by US Presidents, from Lincoln to Obama, seems to remain constant: the commander in chief believes he has "a right to take any measure which may best subdue the enemy."(READ MORE)
If you’re a history hound looking for a little presidential paparazzi-fodder, check out this list of scandalous, tell-all presidential biographies.(READ MORE)
While Truman's own account of his life in his Memoirs by Harry S. Truman, many other books have since chronicled the 33rd President's achievements. Here are just a few of them.(READ MORE)
All you need to know about living a good, honest, active, and damn-near-bulletproof life can be found in the speeches of Teddy Roosevelt. (READ MORE)
In 2014, LBJ’s time has come. The subject of Robert Caro's multi-volume biographic epic has gone from a lost soul who left the Presidential office in disgrace to the hottest topic in punditry and the bright lights of Broadway in this month's opening of "All the Way."(READ MORE)
In Stephen Sestanovich's new book 'Maximalist' he proves a country dominance is never assured, and examines the presidential uncertainty from Eisenhower to Obama. (READ MORE)
In between the Macbeths and Clintons, there were the Madisons. Bruce Chadwick, author of James and Dolley Madison, gives us six good reasons why President James Madison and his wife Dolley were America's very first political power couple.(READ MORE)
Claudia Alta Taylor, aka Lady Bird Johnson, was born in 1912, and would forever change the way Americans saw the First Lady of the United States.(READ MORE)
Nineteen years ago today Richard Nixon died at the age of 81, and history still hasn't decided if he got a bad rap or was actually worse than we knew. Read these bios to decide for yourself.(READ MORE)
Two hundred and seventy years ago this past Saturday, the famed president Thomas Jefferson was born in Virginia. He sold his library, which included nearly 7,000 books, to the Library of Congress. Were he alive today, his collection would surely include these essential Jefferson biographies.(READ MORE)
