Presidential Leadership in Crisis

Kenneth T. Walsh is a contributor and longtime White House and political analyst for U.S. News & World Report. He covered the White House for three decades starting in 1986, including the presidencies of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump. He is one of the longest-serving White House correspondents in history. This is his ninth book about the U.S. presidency. His other titles include Air Force One: A History of the Presidents and Their Planes, Celebrity in Chief: A History of the Presidents and the Culture of Stardom, and Ultimate Insiders: White House Photographers and How They Shape History. Walsh is former president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, and he has won the most prestigious awards for White House coverage. He frequently serves as an analyst on television and radio, and gives many speeches around the country and abroad. He is an adjunct professorial lecturer at American University in Washington, D.C. He and his wife Barclay Walsh live in Bethesda, Maryland, and Shady Side, Maryland. They have two children, Jean and Chris.

1. Abraham Lincoln: The Nation’s Worst Crisis 2. Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Great Depression 3. Harry Truman: The Battle with Douglas MacArthur 4. Dwight Eisenhower: The U-2 Mission 5. John F. Kennedy: The Cuban Missile Crisis 6. Lyndon B. Johnson: The War in Vietnam and Re-election 7. Richard M. Nixon: The Watergate Scandal and National Disgrace 8. Gerald R. Ford: The Pardon 9. Jimmy Carter: The Iranian Hostage Crisis 10. Ronald Reagan: A Matter of Life and Death 11. George H.W. Bush: The Persian Gulf War 12. Bill Clinton: Impeachment and Scandal 13. George W. Bush: 9/11 and the Global War on Terror 14. Barack Obama: Ending the “Great Recession” 15. Donald Trump: A New Era of Perpetual Crisis