Joe Donahue speaks with Michael Beschloss 5/14/07

Albany, NY – What makes a great President? According to Michael Beschloss--whom Newsweek called "the nation's leading Presidential Historian"-- it is courage combined with wisdom that makes a great President--courage to confront paramount issues and problems and triumph over seemingly insurmountable obstacles and difficulties.

Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989 by Michael Beschloss. Published by Simon & Schuster