Hugh Sidey, the veteran writer of 'Time' magazine's popular column 'The Presidency', has reported on America's chief executives for 'Life' and 'Time' magazines since 1957. Now Sidey has collected his memories, anecdotes, and reflections on America's eleven most recent presidents - from Franklin D Roosevelt to Bill Clinton - in this volume.
At the heart of the book is a fresh profile of each president, based on Sidey's unique insider's view of these multifaceted men. Filled with the stories only Hugh Sidey could tell and brimming with memorable pictures, this book is a bracing, intimate encounter with the men who shaped modern American history.