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The Highest Calling : Conversations on the American Presidency

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

From the New York Times bestselling author of The American Story and How to Lead and host of PBS’s History with David Rubenstein—David Rubenstein interviews living American presidents and top historians and journalists who reflect on the US presidency, including Joe Biden, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Maggie Haberman, Ron Chernow, and more.

For years, bestselling author David M. Rubenstein has distilled the contours of American democracy through conversations with noted leaders and historians. In The Highest Calling, he offers an enlightening overview of arguably the single most important position in the world: the American presidency.

Blending history and anecdote, Rubenstein chronicles the journeys of the presidents who have defined America as it exists now, what they envision for its future, and their legacy on the world stage. Drawing from his own experience in the Carter administration, he engages in dialogues with our nation’s presidents and the historians who study them. Get exclusive access to fresh perspectives, including:

-Original interviews with most of the living US presidents

-Interviews with noted presidential historians like Annette Gordon-Reed, Ron Chernow, Candice Millard, and more

Through “chatty, insightful, and enlightening” (The Wall Street Journal) analysis, Rubenstein captures our country’s most prominent leaders, the political genius and frays of the presidential role, and the wisdom that emerges from it.


Author:

  • David M. Rubenstein

Narrators:

  • David M. Rubenstein
  • Bill Clinton
  • Hillary Rodham Clinton
  • Maggie Haberman
  • Ron Chernow
  • Michael Beschloss
  • Annette Gordon-Reed
  • Candice Millard
  • Ted Widmer
  • Jeffrey Frank
  • Kai Bird
  • Peter Baker
  • Douglas Bradburn
  • Amity Shlaes
  • Jonathan Darman
  • Susan Eisenhower
  • Fredrik Logevall
  • Richard Norton Smith
  • Timothy J. Naftali
  • Franklin Foer
  • Lindsey Chervinsky
  • David Marchick
  • Stewart McLaurin
  • Douglas Brinkley
  • James Baker III

Format:

  • Audiobook
  • E-book

Duration:

  • 19 h 3 min
  • 495 pages

Language:

English

Categories:

  • History
  • United States of America
  • Business
  • Management
  • Society and Social Sciences
  • Politics

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Mattho

10/03/2025

I found the author to be self-absorbed, and the book, as the title suggests, overly glorifying. Maybe useful if you're looking for info on a specific president, but as a whole not for me.

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