Description |
xii, 339 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Note |
"An outgrowth of a 54-program CBS television series entitled 'The American presidency: the men and the office.'" |
Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [304]-322. |
Note |
Includes index. |
Contents |
Preface / Philip C. Dolce and George H. Skau -- Part I. The presidency from George Washington to William McKinley -- The Founding Fathers and the creation of the executive branch / Robert F. Jones -- George Washington and the establishment of a tradition / Robert F. Jones -- The emergence of political parties and their effect on the presidency / Robert V. Remini -- Andrew Jackson and the strong presidency / Edward Pessen -- Abraham Lincoln and use of the war power / John A. Carpenter -- The presidency in the gilded age : From Rutherford B. Hayes to William McKinley / Richard Harmond -- Part II. The presidency in the contemporary age -- Theodore Roosevelt and the making of the modern presidency / Richard Harmond -- Woodrow Wilson's impact on the American presidency / George H. Skau -- Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression / Robert F. Himmelberg -- Franklin D. Roosevelt : Crisis leader / James MacGregor Burns -- Harry S. Truman and the postwar world / Philip C. Dolce -- Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency : A general's final mission / Herbert S. Parmet -- John F. Kennedy : Years of lightning, days of thunder / Roger Hilsman -- Lyndon B. Johnson : Frustrated achiever / Henry F. Graff -- Richard M. Nixon : A tentative evaluation / Robert B. Semple, Jr. -- Waiting in the wings : The vice-presidency / Irving G. Williams -- Part III. Key issues -- The awesome power : The president as commander in chief / Louis W. Koenig -- The invisible presidency : Growth of the White House staff / Louis W. Koenig -- The presidency and civil rights / Roy Wilkins -- Presidential attitudes and policies toward city and suburb / Stanley Buder -- The presidents and the press / John W. Tebbel -- Part IV. View of the top -- Practical aspects of presidential nominations : An inside view / Richard C. Wade -- Presidential greatness / R. Gordon Hoxie -- The imperial presidency / Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. -- Presidential and parliamentary government in perspective / Frank J. Coppa -- The scope and limits of presidential power / Robert S. Hirschfield. |
Subject |
Presidents -- United States -- History.
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Executive power -- United States -- History.
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Added Author |
Dolce, Philip C.
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Skau, George H.
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ISBN |
0684146037. |
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0684146029 (paperback) |
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