Winning It Back

In Winning It Back , David A. Crockett explores why presidents who promise to set things aright—to "restore"—so often usher in the opposite. Since the earliest days of the United States, presidencies have seemingly unfolded in a cyclical manner, with features from prior eras recurring in later ones. Building on the idea of "political time"—that presidential terms fall within particular regime cycles—Crockett shows that presidents often fall into one of two roles: opposition presidents and restor