President Barack Obama, Becoming a bully-in-chief

OP-EDS & REVIEWS By Gil Troy, The Montreal Gazette, 8-11-11 U.S. President Barack Obama is smart, eloquent and talented, but inexperienced as an executive. While he still needs more management experience, the presidency is not the right place for on-the-job training. Photograph by: Alex Wong, Getty Images The downgrading of America’s credit rating just days [...]

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The Moderometer: Charting Obama’s Zig-Zag

… Step Left Domestically, Gesture Left Globally, but Keep Your Foreign Policies Somewhat Centered By Gil Troy, History News Network (HNN), 8-3-09 Mr. Troy is Professor of History at McGill University in Montreal and a Visiting Scholar at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, DC. His latest book is: Leading from the Center: Why Moderates [...]

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Yes Rush, Moderates Make Great Presidents — and Book Subjects

By Gil Troy, History News Network, 7-25-09 In one his many riffs this week against Barack Obama’s health care reform initiative, titled “This is a Very Dangerous Time: Socialized Health Care is Not Dead,” on July 21, Rush Limbaugh explained himself, saying: “So this is an attempt by me to keep people inspired and motivated [...]

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Gil Troy “The First 100 Days: George Washington Set the Standard for All Future Presidents”

Gil Troy “The First 100 Days: George Washington Set the Standard for All Future Presidents” U.S. News & World Report, 2-19-09 Adds historian Gil Troy in Leading From the Center: “Washington was a muscular moderate, far shrewder than many acknowledged. Emotionally disciplined, philosophically faithful to an enlightened, democratic ‘empire’ of reason, Washington passionately advocated political [...]

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Yes, Obama Should Press for Consensus

By Gil Troy, HNN, 2-3-09 In a recent HNN posting, Professor John Grigg urged President Obama to stop seeking consensus, characterizing bipartisanship as “often a cynical effort to silence dissenting views.” Professor Grigg’s article is worth dissecting because he captures the current – dare I say it – consensus among academics to dismiss bipartisanship and [...]

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Gil Troy’s Leading From the Center Now on Amazon.com’s Kindle

See larger image Leading from the Center (Kindle Edition) by Gil Troy (Author) Print List Price $27.50 Kindle Price: $16.34 & includes wireless delivery via Amazon Whispernet You Save: $11.16 (41%) Kindle Books Kindle Books include free wireless delivery – read your book on your Kindle within a minute of placing your order. Don’t have [...]

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Gil Troy Leading from the Center Book Launch at the Newseum & Podcast

Events: A night with author Gil Troy   Direct download: Gil_Troy_book_party_remarks.mp4 Where The Source 575 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC  20001 When Sep 16    6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Attendance limited to 50. Downloads: Direct download: Gil_Troy_book_party_remarks.mp4 Podcast Gil Troy is Professor of History at McGill University in Montreal and a Visiting Scholar affiliated with the [...]

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Leading From the Center Review: Walking the tightrope to White House

Reviewed by Hubert Bauch, The Montreal Gazette, September 28, 2008 Leading from the Center: Why Moderates Make the Best Presidents Gil Troy Basic Books 341 pp., $29.50 – – – - It’s a pity that this book had to go to press before the tickets for this year’s U.S. presidential election shaped up. It is [...]

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Montreal Gazette: Leading from the Center Review

Muscular moderates; Gil Troy: Centrists make best Presidents HUBERT BAUCH, The Montreal Gazette, Saturday, Sptember 13, 2008, WEEKEND: BOOKS; Pg. I6 It’s a pity that this book had to go to press before the tickets for this year’s U.S. presidential election shaped up. It is nevertheless timely, coming as it does at the start of [...]

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Interview with Larry Mantle on 89.3 KPCC

Why Moderates Make The Best Presidents July 14, 2008, 89.3 KPCC (Listen) Larry Mantle talks with author and historian Gil Troy about his new book, “Leading from the Center,” which presents evidence why the best American Presidents were able to avoid partisan extremes and work to lead from a more centrist point of view.

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