David Priess is author of the The President's Book of Secrets: The Untold Story of Intelligence Briefings to America's Presidents. He has a PhD in Political Science from Duke University and served at the CIA during the presidencies of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush as an intelligence officer, manager, and daily intelligence briefer and at the State Department. Priess writes, speaks, and appears often on broadcast media about the presidency and national security.
"A companionable history of U.S. presidents in crisis... Priess
excels at making presidents look tragically human... Anyone
distressed or appalled by today's rancorous clashes over
presidential prerogative and power may take comfort from learning
that the nation has weathered it all before."--Booklist, Starred
Review
"Piquant studies of presidential woe.... A collection of colorful,
slightly morbid vignettes that connoisseurs of political picaresque
will relish."--Publishers Weekly
Getting rid of presidents was never as entertaining as it is in
David Priess's hands. He barnstorms through more than two centuries
of American history, showing all the ways-from impeachment to
death-that presidents have either left office prematurely or just
barely avoided doing so. Dramatic and instructive, his narrative
has clear resonance for the present day as calls grow for President
Trump's impeachment.--MaxBoot, Washington Post columnist and author
of The Corrosion of Conservatism
Legal scholars, political scientists, and pundits have dissected
various means of undermining and removing leaders, ranging from
voting them out of office to impeaching them. Now, with How To Get
Rid of a President, David Priess finally racks and stacks all of
the methods, fair and foul, in an entertaining and approachable
sweep of history.--BenjaminWittes, senior fellow in governance
studies at the Brookings Institution andeditor in chief of the
Lawfare blog
The temptation to impeach a president can run high in a polarized
political environment but is fraught with peril as David Priess
meticulously demonstrates in this timely book that romps through
American history to answer all the questions about removing an
unfit president by non-electoral means that you were afraid to
ask.--AmandaCarpenter, CNN contributor and author of
GaslightingAmerica
With the objective eye of a former intelligence officer and an
uncanny instinct for deep truths, David Priess paints a genuinely
non-partisan portrait of presidential removals. The stories here
are eerily relevant to today's headlines, but also disarmingly fun
to read.--MichaelHayden, former Director of the Central
Intelligence Agency and author of The Assault on Intelligence
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