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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Leading from the Center: St. Louis Dispatch Review

By Harry Levins SPECIAL TO THE POST-DISPATCH 07/06/2008 ‘Leading From the Center’ By Gil Troy Published by Basic Books, 341 pages, $27.50 In “Leading From the Center,” history professor Gil Troy pins down his election-year thesis in his subtitle: “Why Moderates Make the Best Presidents.” Troy singles out five presidents as shining examples of centrism: [...]

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Book Launch: Leading from the Center by Gil Troy

LEADING FROM THE CENTER: WHY MODERATES MAKE THE BEST PRESIDENTS by Gil Troy, just published by Basic Books TO PURCHASE LEADING FROM THE CENTER – CLICK HERE Hail compromise! Huzzah negotiation! Purple power! … ‘Moderation is an odd thing to get passionate about,’ admits Troy , but that doesn’t stop the McGill professor from waxing [...]

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NY Post Review: Hail compromise! Huzzah negotiation! Purple power!

By JULIA KAMIN NY Post, June 22, 2008 “Leading From The Center: Why Moderates Make the Best Presidents” By Gil Troy Basic Books Hail compromise! Huzzah negotiation! Purple power! Four presidential terms of red-blue politics, culture wars, impeachment threats, left-right blogo-sparring, Swift Boaters and Bush-bashers have brought America to perhaps a new high in partisan [...]

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Editorial Reviews for Leading From the Center

From the Publisher George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy-most would agree their presidencies were among the most successful in American history. But what made these very different men such effective leaders? According to presidential historian Gil Troy, these presidents succeeded not because of their bold political visions, but because [...]

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