NewsJohn DickersonLeadership in the Oval Office, from FDR to Barack Obama
"CBS This Morning" co-anchor John Dickerson’s essay on presidential leadership is based on a series of Yahoo News interviews with historians.
PoliticsYahoo News StaffLyndon B. Johnson: Moral clarity on civil rights
Historian Jonathan Darman examines deciding to pursue civil rights legislation over objections of fellow Southern Democrats.
PoliticsYahoo News StaffGeorge W. Bush: Standing up for tolerance after 9/11
Author Peter Baker discusses Bush’s push against anti-Muslim hatred and discrimination after the attacks on Sept. 11. 2001.
PoliticsYahoo News StaffJimmy Carter: Staking his reputation on a dream of Mideast peace
Jimmy Carter decided to stake his reputation on a dream and personally broker a peace deal between Egypt and Israel.
PoliticsYahoo News StaffFranklin Delano Roosevelt: Calling a ‘bank holiday’ for a collapsing economy
Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin says the "bank holiday" is Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s defining moment of presidential leadership.
PoliticsYahoo News StaffJohn F. Kennedy: Cutting a deal with Khrushchev to save the world
Author Michael Dobbs discusses JFK's defining moment of presidential leadership: preventing nuclear war with Russia.