Susan Page — The Queen and Her Presidents
USA Today's Susan Page explores Queen Elizabeth II's remarkably candid relationships with thirteen American presidents over seven decades.
Why we picked this
Thirteen presidents, seventy years, one relationship — Page uses the Queen's encounters with American leaders as a lens for the entire arc of postwar transatlantic politics.
Queen Elizabeth II met every sitting American president from Truman to Biden — thirteen leaders spanning seven decades of dramatic geopolitical change. Susan Page, Washington Bureau Chief for USA Today, uses these encounters as a lens for understanding the evolution of the transatlantic relationship itself.
The book draws on archival research and interviews to reveal what was said behind closed doors, how personal chemistry shaped diplomatic outcomes, and what the Queen’s remarkably consistent presence across so many administrations tells us about the nature of institutional leadership.
Free at Politics and Prose.