9 Presidents Who Screwed Up America

And Four Who Tried to Save Her

By: Brion McClanahan

Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain

Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins

Publisher's summary

Of the 44 presidents who have led the United States, nine made mistakes that permanently scarred the nation. Which nine? Brion McClanahan, author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers and The Founding Fathers' Guide to the Constitution, will surprise listeners with his list, which he supports with exhaustive and entertaining evidence.

9 Presidents Who Screwed Up America is a new look back at American history that unabashedly places blame for our nation's current problems on the backs of nine very flawed men.

©2016 Brion McClanahan (P)2016 Tantor

Critic reviews

"This book is both a fascinating read by a master historian and a necessary guide for any voter." (Kevin R. C. Gutzman, author of James Madison and the Making of America)

Eye Opening Listen on Constitutional Government

Many will debate the basis of the author's writing, but in doing so, they will be questioning the very basis of the Constitution of the United States . . . America has sadly become a country of whiners and self-serving belly-achers, the likes of which are serving in the highest offices in our government . . . the vision that our founding fathers had for this great republic (yes, REPUBLIC) has been lost amongst an increasingly heavy handed executive office, grabbing control, where there was no legal authority to do so . . . robbing the Congress and Senate, and individual states of their own right to legislate as originally planned and penned by our constitution . . . an ever increasing slippery slope has led is to where we are now . . . although I am not as optimistic as the author that the problem can ever be fixed (because America is now a nation of wimps), I do agree with his analysis of the issues . . . this is the kind of history that our children need to be taught in school . . .

Great Historical Perspective

Very informative book. Although I do not agree with all the author's viewpoints, he is correct in 95% of what he is saying.

good and flawed

While well written and argued, it is just another example of originalist fantasy. the ideas espoused here would have worked in 1800 today it is truly illusional

Great listen

Very interesting and well done changed the way I see the presidency who would have thought we look at it all wrong

Good analysis and ideas

This Canadian liked it. Good solution at the end proposed by the author. Reasonable and realistic.

Interesting but a bit odd

Good points about the spoiling of our constitutional government but author is a long ways north of extreme in his analysis and his solutions would appear to cause more problems than they would solve. Nonetheless it is a thought provoking book.

Great book!

I’ve never agreed with the list of greatest and worst presidents. This gave a clear outline and then explained why they were the worst or best.

It’s a History Lesson

I appreciated this book tremendously. The author is thorough, giving names, dates, circumstances,and the opinions of the players. He is apologetically pro-Constitution, giving no grace to any political party. This is an educational listen, well presented by the author and well read by the performer. It is absolutely worth the listener’s time.

FANTASTIC Book!

I love, love, love this book! Anyone even remotely in American history, the American Presidency, or America as it is today should buy this masterpiece!

History you've never been taught

Excellent book, focused on Presidential adherence to the Constitution.

I learned about presidents that are usually dismissed in modern culture. John Tyler, Grover Cleveland and others.
worth a listen.