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Title: Lackluster
Review: This book has potential, but unfortunately fails to meet it. This book can?t seem to decide whether it wants to be a popular work or a scholarly one and, as a result, fails at both. Nor can the book seem to decide whether it is a series of essays on the presidents, an analysis of leadership characteristics, or a rating of presidencies. The section devoted to ranking the presidents is the section of the book that merits the most praise. Unfortunately it is far and away the smallest part of the book and the editors relegated it to an appendix. Putting aside the conservative bent of the authored pieces, the essays lack any cohesion ranging from a clear grab for a popular audience in the inclusion of media darling John McCain to scholarly professors like Jeffrey Tulis to seemingly obscure David Rivkin and Mark DeLaquil.
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