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Title: The American Presidency: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Charles O. Jones
Narrator: Kevin Young
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-07-13
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Nonfiction, Politics

Publisher's Summary:
Presidential authority Charles O. Jones provides a marvelously concise survey of the American presidency thats packed with surprising observations about the way assertive leaders enhanced presidential power and how such factors as philosophy, relations with Congress, and outside events have all influenced presidential authority. He also sheds light on the political process of selecting presidents, from the days of the deadlocked conventions to the rise of the primary system after World War II.

Editorial Reviews:
Kevin Youngs avuncular, plainspoken performance pairs well with Charles O. Jones understated prose in The American Presidency: A Very Short Introduction.
Written in 2007, when the expansion of presidential power first started being questioned, Jones short volume provides an overview of the highest political office in the United States. The author writes eloquently about the development of the executive branch, and uses historical examples to describe both the presidents powers and limitations.
Young performs Jones commentary in a steady, cascading style, and his mature voice and authority will make listeners feel as though theyre in the seminar room with their favorite professor.

Members Reviews:
He Shall From Time to Time
The American Presidency is part information and history. From the historical sense it shows the growing pains of the executive branch and the tug of war that has existed between it and the legislature and judiciary, sometimes being pulled between the other two branches, each way being as our Founders intended.This very short introduction describes how the presidency began to define itself through crises and struggle to become what has become today.
Presidents often inherit more responsibility than they want or bargain for. Years of developing programs into law mean the president must devote time to policies that interfere with the changes he wants to make to define him and his presidency, and the president is often credited with or blamed for economic fortunes for which he has less control than the chairman of the Fed. Current circumstances bear this out with President Obama being credited with growth or blamed for economic growth being too slow.
This book always answered questions for answers I wanted but was too lazy to look up. When did the Democratic-Republican Party cease to exist, and when was the Democratic Party born? It turns out it was Andrew Jackson who was the last of one and the first of the other. The book also lists the presidents, their party, their percentage of electoral votes and popular vote, and the least important of all, their vice presidents. Supreme Court decisions affecting the president are also listed.
Author, Charles O. Jones, is trying to convey information rather than interest, and gives more information than I will wager the average American knows. It is also one of those books in which you have to be completely absorbed in what you are reading or you might find you've gone on to the next page without being able to recount what you read on the previous one. As I said, it's for information, not for enjoyment.
It's a book I have read from time to time, just as the Constitution bids the president to do with the State of the Union.