presidency – Scott J. Pearson’s Book Review

Destiny & Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush

By Scott J. Pearson | May 12, 2022May 12, 2022 by Scott J. Pearson

To many, he’s the hero behind the first Gulf War. To some, he’s the one who let the US economy slow. To others, he guided the world from the Cold War into a more stable future. To others, he fell short of Reagan’s ideals. Like any impactful president, he consisted of many things to many people. Along with John Adams, he remains one of two presidents ever to have their sons someday succeed them. Meacham,…

History

Review: Presidents of War

By Scott J. Pearson | July 30, 2019July 30, 2019 by Scott J. Pearson

When I studied the US Constitution for the first time in the late 1990s as a high-school student, I noticed that it gave Congress, not the Presidency, the responsibility of declaring war. This seemed contrary to my experience, in which the President led the nation into war. It is commonly said that the UN Charter, ratified by Congress, supersedes this earlier practice. Beschloss seeks to tackle this inconsistency head-on. By providing detailed historical analysis, he…