I like Nathan Miller's political writing. His bio of Theodore Roosevelt is one of my favorite Presidential Biographies. This book was interesting as "one man's opinion" and his thoughts and reasoning were well presented. This is Nathan's list of the county's 10 worst Presidents: from 10th to worst - Jimmy Carter, William Howard Taft, Benjamin Harrison, Calvin Coolidge, Ulysses S. Grant, Andrew Johnson, Franklin Pearce, James Buchanan, Warren G. Harding, Richard M. Nixon. From all the reading I have done I would change out a couple of these: remove Jimmy Carter and Andrew Johnson from my list and add Zachary Taylor and George W. Bush. Admittedly, William Henry Harrison didn't get to serve long enough to do anything and Nathan had passed away before he might have updated his list after the 1998 publication date, so his own "history" stands.
He added a chapter at the end which I found interesting in which he briefly discusses his assessment of two Presidents that he calls the "most over-rated": Thomas Jefferson and John F. Kennedy.
It is clearly stated that his assessments are based on their time in office and each individual's achievements either side of those times are only considered in as much as they moulded the thinking and actions of the men.
This is not a heavy read. Nathan Miller was a political journalist for the Baltimore Sun. It is an enjoyable and thoughtful discussion document. Book Clubs might enjoy the post-read discussions that would be engendered. ( )