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Zelizer, ed., "The Presidency of Joseph R. Biden: A First Historical Assessment" Out today from Princeton University Press: The Presidency of Joseph R. Biden: A First Historical Assessment, edited by Julian E. Zelizer (Princeton University). A description from the Press: The Presidency of Joseph R. Biden presents a first draft of history by providing insights into how this one-term president fits within the broader historical forces shaping the United States in the twenty-first century. Acclaimed political historian Julian Zelizer brings together some of today’s leading scholars to give balanced and strikingly original assessments of the major issues of the Biden years, from education and reproductive rights to the economy, labor relations, climate policy, race, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the culture wars. These incisive essays trace the full arc of Joe Biden’s presidency from its early successes to the setbacks that ultimately consumed it. His domestic legislative achievements were hailed by some as the most momentous of any American presidency since the Great Society while his foreign policy ably met the challenges posed by the nation’s great power rivals. Yet by late 2024, Biden’s legacy was in tatters, overshadowed by immigration, inflation, the war in Gaza, and the president’s obvious physical decline. A full list of contributors -- including a number of legal historians: * Kathryn Cramer Brownell * María Cristina García * Joel K. Goldstein * Daniel C. Kurtzer * Joyce Mao * Natalia Mehlman Petrzela * Khalil Gibran Muhammad * Timothy Naftali * Ekaterina Pravilova * Noah Rosenblum * Paul Sabin * Timothy Stewart-Winter * Sean H. Vanatta * John Witt * Mary Ziegler * Michael Kazin More information is available here. Yale Law's notice of Professor Witt's chapter is here. -- Karen Tani http://dlvr.it/TRwPRF