Franklin D. Roosevelt / Doris Kearns Goodwin -- Harry S. Truman / David McCullough -- Dwight D. Eisenhower / Stephen E. Ambrose -- John F. Kennedy / Richard Reeves -- Lyndon B. Johnson / Robert Dallek -- Richard M. Nixon / Tom Wicker -- Gerald R. Ford / James Cannon -- Jimmy Carter / Hendrik Hertzberg -- Ronald Reagan / Peggy Noonan -- George Bush / Michael R. Beschloss.