Zachary Karabell (Author of Chester Alan Arthur)

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Zachary Karabell's Blog

Zachary Karabell isn't a Goodreads Author (yet), but he does have a blog, so here are some recent posts imported from his feed.

What Would the Founding Fathers Say About the National Debt? Don't Default

One of America's favorite pastimes is to play the "what would the Founding Fathers say" game. Just pick an issue du jour, and ask the question. Given that today's world (Google, Twitter, television) is probably way beyond even the imagination of the 18th-century designers of the Constitution, the game usually says more about today's partisan fights than about the Founders.

But on one contemporar...

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Books by Zachary Karabell

Average rating: 3.77 · 235 ratings · 65 reviews · 14 distinct works

	Chester Alan Arthur (The American Presidents, #21) by Zachary Karabell, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (Editor) 3.80 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2004	My rating:
	Peace Be upon You: The Story of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish Coexistence 3.77 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Last Campaign: How Harry Truman Won the 1948 Election 3.95 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Superfusion: How China and America Became One Economy and Why the World's Prosperity Depends on It 3.57 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Parting the Desert: The Creation of the Suez Canal 3.54 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	My rating:
	People Of The Book: The Forgotten History Of Islam And The West 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	My rating:
	A Visionary Nation: Four Centuries of American Dreams and What Lies Ahead 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Architects of Intervention: The United States, the Third World, and the Cold War, 1946-1962 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	My rating:
	What's College For?: The Struggle To Define American Higher Education 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Sustainable Excellence: The Future of Business in a Fast-Changing World by Aron Cramer, Zachary Karabell 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2010	My rating: