xvii, 290 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Bibliography
"Bibliographical notes": pages [259]-269.
Contents
"The president shall be commander in chief" (1787-1789) / Ernest R. May -- Madison (1812-1815) / Marcus Cunliffe -- Polk (1845-1848) / Leonard D. White -- Lincoln (1861-1865) / T. Harry Williams -- McKinley (1898) / Ernest R. May -- Wilson (1917-1918) / Ernest R. May -- F.D.R. (1941-1945) / William R. Emerson -- Truman (1945-1953) / Wilber W. Hoare, Jr. -- Eisenhower and after (1953 - ) / Ernest R. May.