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"Our current climate of partisan fury is not new, and in The Soul of America, Meacham shows us how what Lincoln called "the better angels of our nature" have repeatedly won the day. Painting surprising portraits of Lincoln, and other presidents, including Theodore Roosevelt, Ulysses S. Grant, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, and Lyndon B. Johnson, and illuminating the courage of such influential citizen activists as Martin Luther King, Jr., early suffragettes Alice Paul and Carrie Chapman Catt, civil rights pioneers Rosa Parks and John Lewis, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and Army-McCarthy hearings lawyer Joseph N. Welch, Meacham brings vividly to life turning points in American history. He writes about the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the birth of the Lost Cause; the backlash against immigrants in the First World War and the resurgence of the Klu Klux Klan in the 1920s; the fight for women's rights; the demagoguery of Huey Long and Father Coughlin and the isolationist work of America First in the years before World War II; the anti-Communist witch-hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy; and Lyndon Johnson's crusade against Jim Crow. Each of these dramatic, crucial turning points, the battle to lead the country to look forward rather than back, to assert hope over fear, was joined, even as it is today. While the American story has not always--or even often--been heroic, and the outcome of that battle has never been certain, in this inspiring book, Meacham reassures us, "The good news is that we have come through such darkness before," as, time and again, Lincoln's better angels have found a way to prevail"--

Newsweek editor Jon Meacham is the best-selling author of "Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Look at an Epic Friendship," which Time magazine declared "masterful" and The Washington Post proclaimed "a memorable achievement." In the book, Meacham explores the fascinating relationship between the two great leaders who piloted the free world to victory in World War II. "The powerful emotional connection between Roosevelt and Churchill and how they confronted tyranny and terror is an incredibly contemporary story that yields important lessons for leaders today on a personal, political and diplomatic level," says Meacham. "I don't think you can understand the art of leadership or the way we live now without grasping the nature of the Roosevelt-Churchill friendship." His latest book, "American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation," is a New York Times bestseller. "In these polarized times," wrote USA Today, "Meacham's book provides an enlightening look at how the founding fathers discovered ways to tame, but not extinguish, the fires of faith." As managing editor, Meacham oversees Newsweek's coverage of politics, international affairs and breaking news. He has written cover stories on the controversy over Mel Gibson's "The Passion," guns in America, the sexual abuse scandals of the Roman Catholic Church and modern depictions of World War II in Hollywood movies. His cover story on Ronald Reagan, "American Dreamer," was a sweeping and intimate tribute to one of the most popular yet controversial presidents. Meacham is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a "Global Leader for Tomorrow" of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. In 2004 he was named one of the most powerful men under 38 by Details magazine. A contributing editor for The Washington Monthly, he also has written for The New York Times Book Review and The Los Angeles Times Book Review. In 2001 he edited "Voices in Our Blood: America's Best on the Civil Rights Movement." Born and raised in Chattanooga, Tenn., Meacham was imbued at a young age with a deep appreciation for history and current affairs. After graduating summa cum laude from The University of the South, he worked as a reporter for The Chattanooga Times. He soon became an editor of The Washington Monthly and, two years later, a national affairs writer for Newsweek. In 2004, under Meacham's guidance, Newsweek won the National Magazine Award for General Excellence for the second time in three years.

Overture: the last march -- A hard life, a serious life -- The spirit of history -- Soul force -- In the image of God and democracy -- We are going to make you wish you was dead -- I'm going to die here -- This country don't run on love -- Epilogue: against the rulers of the darkness.

Presidents, the press, and the times that have made them -- The mediums that matter : presidential press relationships and how chief executives respond to shifting technological tides / Martha Joynt Kumar -- Revisiting narcotizing dysfunction : new media, interactivity and rapid response in presidential communication / Rita Kirk -- Reality check : ch-ch-ch-changes? / David Demarest -- Presidents, people, and the art of expression -- The press and the presidency in contrast : a language analysis / Roderick P. Hart -- Speaking of the economy : transformational presidents, new media strategies, and the necessity of a universal audience / Stephanie A. Martin -- Reality check : dinosaurs, dimes, and the digital age / Thomas DeFrank -- Information and its discontents -- Technological transformations and timeless truths : the press and the presidency in a social media age /Stephen A. Smith -- Keeping it classified? : Reportorial privilege and presidential stonewalling in a time of terror / Tony Pederson -- Reality check : the legacy press-nobody does it better / Robert W. Mong -- Everything old is new again -- Organizing for (in)action : the Obama Presidency and the vanishing hope of an online vanguard / George C. Edwards III -- Ignoring the president : Barack Obama and the postrhetorical presidency / Jennifer R. Mercieca -- Reality check : Mr. President, we have a few questions / Stacia Deshishku -- Afterword / Jon Meacham

"Thomas Jefferson believed in the covenant between a government and its citizens, in both the government's responsibilities to its people and also the people's responsibility to the republic. In this illuminating collection, a project of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jon Meacham has gathered Jefferson's most powerful and provocative reflections on the subject, drawn from public speeches and documents as well as his private correspondence. Still relevant centuries later, Jefferson's words provide a manual for U.S. citizenship in the twenty-first century. His thoughts will re-shape and revitalize the way readers relate to concepts including Freedom: "Divided we stand, united we fall." The importance of a free press:"Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." Public education: "Enlighten the public generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body & mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day." Participation in government: A citizen should be "a participator in the government of affairs not merely at an election, one day in the year, but every day.""--