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Ed. Bill Adler (1966). Presidential Wit from Washington to
Johnson. (New York, NY: Trident Press, 241 p.). Presidents --
United States -- Quotations.
Eric Alterman (2004).
When Presidents Lie: A History of
Official Deception and Its Consequences. (New York, NY:
Viking. Political ethics--United States; Presidents--United
States; Deception; United States--Foreign relations.
Nancy J. Altman (2005).
The Battle for Social Security: From FDR’s Vision to Bush’s Gamble.
(Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 362 p.). Chairman of the Board of Directors
of the Pension Rights Center. Social security--United
States--History. Politics and policy of the
current struggle over Social Security in light of the program's
compelling history and ingenious structure.
Christopher M. Andrew (1995).
For the President's Eyes Only:
Secret Intelligence and the American Presidency from Washington to
Bush. (New York, NY: HarperCollins, 660 p.). Intelligence
service--United States--History; Secret service--United
States--History; Presidents--United States--History. Introduction:
the president and intelligence -- From George Washington to the
twentieth century -- The First World War and after: from Woodrow
Wilson to Herbert Hoover -- Franklin D. Roosevelt: the path to
Pearl Harbor -- Roosevelt at war (1941-1945) -- Harry S. Truman
(1945-1953) -- Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961) -- John F. Kennedy
(1961-1963) -- Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969) -- Richard M. Nixon
(1969-1974) -- Gerald R. Ford (1974-1977) -- Jimmy Carter
(1977-1981) -- Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) -- George Bush
(1989-1993) -- Conclusion: intelligence after the Cold War.
John A. Andrew III (2002).
Power To Destroy: The Political Uses of the IRS from Kennedy to
Nixon. (Chicago, IL: I.R. Dee, 385 p.). United States.
Internal Revenue Service--History; Tax administration and
procedure--United States--History; United States--Politics and
government--1945-1989.
Bonnie Angelo; with an epilogue on new First Mother, Barbara
Bush (2001).
First Mothers: The Women Who Shaped the Presidents. (New
York, NY: HarperPerennial, 488 p.). Reporter (Time). Mothers of
presidents--United States--Biography.
--- (2005).
First Families. (New York, NY: Morrow. White
House (Washington, D.C.)--Anecdotes; Presidents--United
States--Biography--Anecdotes; Presidents--United States--Family
relationships--Anecdotes; Presidents' spouses--United
States--Biography--Anecdotes; Children of presidents--United
States--Biography--Anecdotes; Washington (D.C.)--Social life and
customs--Anecdotes.
Carl Sferrazza Anthony (2000).
America's First Families: An Inside View of 200 Years of Private
Life in the White House. (New York, NY: Touchstone, 4111
p.). Speechwriter for Nancy Reagan. White House (Washington,
D.C.)--History; Presidents--United States--Family--History;
Presidents--United States--Family--History--Pictorial works;
Presidents--United States--Biography; Washington (D.C.)--Social
life and customs.
Thomas A. Bailey (1966).
Presidential Greatness; The Image
and the Man from George Washington to the Present,. (New York,
NY: Appleton-Crofts, 368 p.). Presidents--United States.
--- (1980).
The Pugnacious Presidents: White House Warriors
on Parade. (New York, NY: Free Press, 504 p.).
Presidents--United States; United States--History, Military.
--- (1981).
Presidential Saints and Sinners. (New York,
NY: Free Press, 304 p.). Presidents--United States; Political
ethics.
Randall Balmer (2008).
God in the White House: A History: How Faith Shaped the Presidency
from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush. (New York, NY:
HarperOne, 243 p.). professor of American religious history at
Barnard College, Columbia University. Presidents--United
States--Religion; Presidents--United States--Biography; Church and
state--United States; Religion and politics--United
States--History--20th century. Presidential religiosity in the
last half of the twentieth century; politicization of religion, "religionization"
of politics; role religion
has played in the personal and political lives of American
presidents; paradox of Americans' expectation that presidents
simultaneously trumpet their religious views and
relationship to God while supporting the separation of church and
state.
James David Barber (1992).
The Presidential Character:
Predicting Performance in the White House. (Englewood Cliffs,
NJ: Prentice-Hall, 552 p. [4th ed.]). Presidents--United
States--Case studies; Presidents--United States--Psychology;
Prediction (Psychology). Character was temperament. Predictable
success requires: optimism (Lincoln?), power-loving (Washington?),
confident (Madison?). Author predicted greatness for Jimmy Carter.
Sol Barzman (1970).
The First Ladies. (New York, NY:
Cowles Book Co., 370 p.). Presidents' spouses--United States.
--- (1974).
Madmen and Geniuses: The Vice-Presidents of the
United States. (Chicago, IL: Follett, 335 p.).
Vice-Presidents--United States--Biography.
Raoul Berger (1973).
Impeachment: The Constitutional
Problems. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 345 p.).
Impeachments--United States; Impeachments--Great Britain. Studies
in legal history.
--- (1974).
Executive Privilege: A Constitutional Myth.
(Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 430 p.). Executive
privilege (Government information)--United States.
Lawrence W. Beilenson (1969). The Treaty Trap; A History of
the Performance of Political Treaties by the United States and
European Nations. (Washington, DC: Public Affairs Press, 344
p.). Treaties; United States--Foreign relations; International
relations.
Larry Berman (1979).
The Office of Management and Budget and
the Presidency, 1921-1979. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton
University Press, 180 p.). United States. Office of Management and
Budget; Presidents--United States.
Michael Beschloss (2007).
Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America,
1789-1989. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 354 p.).
Presidents--United States--Biography--Anecdotes; Courage--United
States--Case studies; United States--Politics and
government--Decision making--Case studies; United States--Foreign
relations--Decision making--Case studies. No
President has been eager to incur ridicule, vilification, threats of
political destruction, even assassination. But,
bolstered by friends and family, hidden private beliefs and,
sometimes, religious faith, each ultimately proved himself to be,
in Andrew Jackson's words, "born for the storm."
Rick Beyer (2007).
The Greatest Presidential Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from
History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy. (New York, NY:
Collins, 224 p.). Presidents--United States--Biography--Anecdotes;
Presidents--United States--History--Anecdotes.
Earl Black and Merle Black (1992).
The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected. (Cambridge,
MA: Harvard University Press, 400 p.). Herbert S. Autrey Professor
of Political Science (Rice University); Asa G. Candler Professor
of Politics and Government (Emory University). Party
affiliation--Southern States--History; Political parties--Southern
States--History; Voting--Southern States--History;
Presidents--United States--Election--History.
Paul F. Boller, Jr. (2001).
Presidential Inaugurations.
(New York, NY: Harcourt, 298 p.). Presidents--United
States--Inauguration--History; Presidents--United States--History;
Inauguration Day--History; Washington (D.C.)--Social life and
customs.
Meena Bose (1998).
Shaping and Signaling Presidential
Policy: The National Security Decision Making of Eisenhower and
Kennedy. (College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 197
p.). Professor of Social Sciences (USMA). Eisenhower, Dwight D.
(Dwight David), 1890-1969; Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald),
1917-1963; Presidents--United States--Decision making--Case
studies; National security--United States--History--20th century;
United States--Politics and government--1953-1961; United
States--Politics and government--1961-1963. Revision of thesis
(Ph. D.)--Princeton University, 1996.
Richard Bradley (2000).
American Political Mythology from
Kennedy to Nixon. (New York, NY: Peter Lang, 267 p.). Kennedy,
John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963; Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon
Baines), 1908-1973; Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913- ;
Political culture--United States--History--20th century;
Presidents--United States--History--20th century; United
States--Politics and government--1961-1963; United
States--Politics and government--1963-1969; United
States--Politics and government--1969-1974.
Carl M. Brauer (1986).
Presidential Transitions: Eisenhower
Through Reagan. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 310
p.). Presidents--United States--Transition periods; United
States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
ed. Alan Brinkley and Davis Dyer (2000).
The Reader's
Companion to the American Presidency. (Boston, MA: Houghton
Mifflin, 566 p.). Presidents--United States--History--Miscellanea;
United States--Politics and government--Miscellanea. "Traces the
history and development of the White House through essays on its
41 occupants by academic historians and occasional biographers...a
thorough history of the institution and of the men and forces that
have made the American presidency what it is today." (Wall Street
Journal 2/29/00).
Jerry Bruno and Jeff Greenfield (1971).
The Advance Man. (New York, NY: Morrow, 192 p.). Political
campaigns--United States; Presidents--United States--Election.
Traphes Bryant, with Frances Spatz Leighton (1975).
Dog Days at the White House: The Outrageous Memoirs of the
Presidential Kennel Keeper. (New York, NY: Macmillan.
Bryant, Traphes; White House (Washington, DC); Presidents--United
States--Biography; Presidents’ spouses--United States;
Dogs--Anecdotes.
Zbigniew Brzezinski (2007).
Second Chance: Three Presidents and the Crisis of American
Superpower. (New York, NY: Basic Books, 240 p.). Former
National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter, Professor of
American Foreign Policy at the School of Advanced International
Studies (Johns Hopkins University). Bush, George, 1924- ; Clinton,
Bill, 1946- ; Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946- ; United
States--Foreign relations--1989-. Wasted opportunity,
squandered prestige; tale of decline: from the competent but
conventional thinking of first Bush administration, to the
well-intentioned self-indulgence of Clinton administration, to
mortgaging of America's future by "suicidal statecraft" of second
Bush administration.
John P. Burke (2000).
The Institutional Presidency:
Organizing and Managing the White House from FDR to Clinton.
(Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 268 p. [2nd ed.]).
Presidents--United States--Staff; Presidents--United
States--History--20th century.
Richard J. Carroll (1995).
An Economic Record of Presidential Performance: From Truman to
Bush. (Westport, CT: Praeger, 268 p.). Budget--United
States--History--20th century; Government spending policy--United
States--History--20th century; United States--Economic
conditions--1945-.
Evan Cornog and Richard Whalen (2000).
Hats in the Ring: An
Illustrated History of American Presidential Campaigns.
(New York, NY: Random House. Associate Dean (Columbia School of
Journalism), Author. Presidents--United States--Election--History;
United States--Politics and government; Presidential
candidates--United States--History; Presidents--United
States--Election--History--Pictorial works; United
States--Politics and government--Pictorial works; Presidential
candidates--United States--History--Pictorial works.
Evan Cornog (2004).
The Power and the Story: How the Crafted Presidential Narrative
Has Determined Political Success from George Washington to George
W. Bush. (New York, NY: Penguin Press, 307 p.).
Presidents--United States--History; Political oratory--United
States--History; Self-presentation--Political aspects.
Richard Ben Cramer (1992).
What It Takes.
(New York, NY: Random House, 1051 p.). Pulitzer Prize-winning
Journalist. Presidents--United States--Election--1988;
Presidential candidates--United States--Biography.
Matthew Crenson & Benjamin Ginsberg (2007).
Presidential Power: Unchecked and Unbalanced. (New York,
NY: Norton, 416 p.). Professor of Political Science (Johns Hopkins
University); David Bernstein Professor of Political Science and
Director of the Center for the Study of American Government (Johns
Hopkins University). Presidents--United States--History; Executive
power--United States--History. Explores how
American presidents—especially those of the past three
decades—have increased the power of the presidency at the expense
of democracy.
Thomas E. Cronin (1980).
The State of the Presidency. (Boston, MA: Little, Brown,
417 p.). Presidents--United States.
Thomas E. Cronin, Michael A. Genovese (2004).
The Paradoxes of the American Presidency. (New York, NY:
Oxford University Press, 410 p. [2nd ed.]). Presidents--United
States.
Wilbur Cross and Ann Novotny (1967).
White House Weddings. (New York, NY: McKay, 248 p.). White
House (Washington, DC); Weddings--Washington, DC.
Wilbur Cross and John B. Moses (1980).
Presidential Courage. (New York, NY: Norton, 249 p.).
Presidents--United States--Health.
Marcus Cunliffe (1976).
American Presidents and the Presidency. (New York, NY:
McGraw-Hill, 467 p. [2nd end.]). Presidents--United States.
Richard T. Cupitt (2000).
Reluctant Champions: U.S. Presidential Policy and Strategic Export
Controls, Truman, Eisenhower, Bush, and Clinton. (New
York, NY: Routledge, 292 p.). Associate Director at the Center for
International Trade and Security (University of Georgia). Export
controls--United States; Economic sanctions, American; National
security--United States; United States--Commercial policy; United
States--Politics and government.
Robert Dallek (1996).
Hail to the Chief : The Making and
Unmaking of American Presidents. (New York, NY: Hyperion, 232
p.). Professor of History (Boston University). Presidents--United
States--History; United States--Politics and government.
Lanny J. Davis (1999).
Truth to Tell: Tell It Early, Tell It
All, Tell It Yourself: Notes from My White House Education.
(New York, NY: Free Press, 284 p.). Special Counsel to President
Clinton (1996-1998). Presidents--United States--Press conferences;
Presidents--Press coverage--United States; United States--Politics
and government--1993-2001.
Richard Davis (2005).
Electing Justice: Fixing the Supreme Court Nomination Process.
(New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 211 p.). Professor of
Political Science (Brigham Young University). United States.
Supreme Court--Officials and employees--Selection and appointment;
Judges--Selection and appointment--United States.
James Deakin (1984).
Straight Stuff: The Reporters, the White House, and the Truth.
(New York, NY: Morrow, 378 p.). White House Correspondent (St.
Louis Post-Dispatch). Deakin, James, 1929-2007; Press and
politics--United States--History--20th century; United
States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
Wiliam Doyle (1999).
Inside the Oval Office: White House
Tapes from FDR to Clinton. (New York, NY: Kodansha
International, 419 p.). White House (Washington, D.C.);
Presidents--United States--History--20th century--Sources;
Presidents--United States--Biography; Executive power--United
States--History--20th century--Sources; United States--Politics
and government--1945-1989--Sources; United States--Politics and
government--1989---Sources; Audiotapes. Comparative survey of
presidents' recording of their conversations and what it suggests
about the governing style of each.
Richard J. Ellis (1998).
Speaking to the People: The
Rhetorical Presidency in Historical Perspective. (Amherst, MA:
University of Massachusetts Press, 283 p.). Presidents -- United
States -- History; Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States
-- History; Communication in politics -- United States -- History;
Political leadership -- United States -- History; United States --
Politics and government.
Richard Ellis and Aaron B. Wildavsky (1989).
Dilemmas of
Presidential Leadership from Washington Through Lincoln. (New
Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 245 p.). Presidents --
United States -- History; United States -- Politics and government
-- 1789-1815; United States -- Politics and government --
1815-1861.
Charles C. Euchner, John Anthony Maltese (1992).
Selecting
the President: From Washington to Bush. (Washington, DC:
Congressional Quarterly, 315 p.). Presidents -- United States --
Election -- History; Presidents -- United States -- Nomination;
Campaign funds -- United States.
Ray C. Fair (2002).
Predicting Presidential Elections and
Other Things. (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 168
p.). Professor of Economics (Yale). Social prediction; Presidents
-- United States -- Election -- Forecasting; Election forecasting
-- United States; Economic forecasting.
Richard F. Fenno (1959).
The President’s Cabinet; An Analysis in the Period from Wilson to
Eisenhower. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 327
p.). Cabinet officers--United States. [from old catalog].
Robert H. Ferrell (1992).
Ill-Advised: Presidential Health and Public Trust.
(Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 205 p.).
Presidents--United States--History; Presidents--United
States--Health.
--- (2006).
Presidential Leadership: From Woodrow Wilson to Harry S. Truman.
(Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 168 p.).
Presidents--United States--History--20th century; Political
leadership--United States--History--20th century; United
States--Politics and government--1913-1921; United
States--Politics and government--1919-1933; United
States--Politics and government--1933-1953.
ed. Frank Freidel, William Pencak (1994).
The White House:
The First Two Hundred Years. (Boston, MA: Northeastern
University Press, 218 p.). White House (Washington, D.C.);
Presidents--United States; Washington (D.C.)--Social life and
customs; Washington (D.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Edmund Fuller and David E. Green (1968).
God in the White
House; the Faiths of American Presidents. (New York, NY:
Crown, 246 p.). Novelist, historian and literary critic.
Presidents--United States--Religion.
Michael A. Genovese (1993).
The Presidency in an Age of
Limits. (Westport, CT: Greenwood, 205 p.). Presidents --
United States; United States -- Politics and government --
1945-1989; United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-1993.
Hugh D. Graham (1992).
Civil Rights and the Presidency: Race
and Gender in American Politics, 1960-1972. (New York, NY:
Oxford University Press, 282 p.). Civil rights--United
States--History--20th century; Affirmative action
programs--Government policy--United States--History--20th century;
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
Stephen Graubard (2004).
Command of Office: How War,
Secrecy, and Deception Transformed the Presidency from Theodore
Roosevelt to George W. Bush. (New York, NY: Basic Books, 722
p.). Presidents--United States--Biography; Presidents--United
States--History--20th century; Political leadership--United
States--Case studies; United States--Politics and government--20th
century; United States--Foreign relations--20th century.
David Greenberg and Cabinet Magazine (2006).
Presidential Doodles: Two Centuries of Scribbles, Scratches,
Squiggles & Scrawls from the Oval Office. (New York,
NY: Basic, 176 p.). Creators of Cabinet Magazine. Professor of
History and Journalism (Rutgers University); Cabinet is a
quarterly magazine of art and culture.
Doodles of all kinds from two centuries of American presidents,
including Andrew Jackson, Theodore Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy and
Ronald Reagan.
Fred I. Greenstein, Larry Berman, Alvin S. Felzenberg, with
Doris Lidtke (1977).
Evolution of the Modern Presidency: A
Bibliographical Survey. (Washington, DC: American Enterprise
Institute for Public Policy Research, 369 p.). Presidents--United
States--Bibliography; United States--Politics and
government--1933-1945--Bibliography; United States--Politics and
government--1945-1989--Bibliography.
Fred I. Greenstein (2000).
The Presidential Difference:
Leadership Style from FDR to Clinton. (New York, NY: Martin
Kessler Books, 282 p.). Professor of Politics (Princeton).
Presidents--United States--History; Personality and
politics--United States--History; United States--Politics and
government.
Leland H. Gregory (1999).
Presidential Indiscretions.
(New York, NY: Dell, 233 p.). Presidents--United
States--Biography--Anecdotes; Presidents--United States--Humor.
Mark Halperin, John F. Harris (2006).
The Way to Win: Taking the White House in 2008. (New York,
NY: Random House, 480 p.). Political Director of ABC News;
National Political Editor of The Washington Post.
Presidents--United States--Election--2008; United States--Politics
and government--2001-. What separates the
victors from the victims in the unforgiving environment of modern
presidential campaigns.
M. J. Heale (1982).
The Presidential Quest: Candidates and Images in American
Political Culture, 1787-1852. (New York, NJ: Longman, 268
p.). Presidents--United States--Election--History.
Gary R. Hess (2001).
Presidential Decisions for War: Korea,
Vietnam, and the Persian Gulf. (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins
University Press, 262 p.). Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972; Johnson,
Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Bush, George, 1924- ;
Presidents--United States--History--20th century; Cold War;
Intervention (International law)--History--20th century--Case
studies; United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989--Decision
making--Case studies; United States--Foreign
relations--1989-1993--Decision making--Case studies; United
States--Military policy--20th century--Case studies.
Stephen Hess (1988).
Organizing the Presidency.
(Washington, DC: Brookings, 273). Presidents--United
States--Staff; United States--Politics and government--1933-1945;
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
William G. Howell (2003).
Power Without Persuasion: The Politics of Direct Presidential
Action. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 280
p.).
Associate Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy
(University of Chicago). Executive orders--United States; Executive power--United States;
Presidents--United States. Political conditions under which presidents can
change policy without congressional or judicial consent.
Benjamin Hufbauer (2005).
Presidential Temples: How Memorials and Libraries Shape Public
Memory. (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 270
p.). Associate Professor of Fine Arts (University of Louisville).
Presidents--Monuments--United States; Presidential
libraries--United States; Library architecture--United States;
Memorials--United States; Memory--Social aspects--United States.
Visual and material cultures of presidential
commemoration--memorials and monuments, libraries and archives;
primary function remains the transformation of presidential
history into presidential myth for the general public.
James C. Humes; foreword by Sam Nunn (1992).
My Fellow Americans: Presidential Addresses That Shaped History.
(New York, NY: Praeger, 287 p.). Presidents--United
States--Messages--History; Presidents--United States--Inaugural
addresses--History; United States--Politics and government.
James C. Humes (1997).
Confessions of a White House Ghostwriter: Five Presidents and
Other Political Adventures. (Washington, DC: Regnery Pub.,
219 p.). Presidents--United States--History--20th century;
Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century;
Speechwriting--United States--History--20th century;
Speechwriters--United States--20th century--Biography; United
States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
Arnold A. Hutschnecker (1974).
The Drive for Power. (New
York, NY: M. Evans, 346 p.). Specialist in psychosomatic
illnesses; President Nixon's psychotherapist. Control
(Psychology); Power (Social sciences); Statesmen.
Sidney Hyman (1954).
The American President. (New York, NY: Harper, 342 p.).
Presidents--United States.
Dennis S. Ippolito (1990).
Uncertain Legacies: Federal Budget Policy from Roosevelt Through
Reagan. (Charlottesville, VA: University Press of
Virginia. Budget--United States--History--20th century; Government
spending policy--United States--History--20th century.
--- (2003).
Why Budgets Matter: Budget Policy and American
Politics. (University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University
Press, 329 p.). Budget--United States; Budget--Political
aspects--United States. Contents: Perspectives on budget policy --
The "small government" era (1789-1860) -- Budgeting for government
growth (1860-1915) -- The transition to modern government
(1915-1940) -- War and defense budgets (1940-1970) -- Social
welfare budgets and deficits (1970-1990) -- Reconciliation and
balanced budgets (1990-2001) -- Budgeting for the future.
Peter Irons (2005).
War Powers: How the Imperial Presidency Hijacked the Constitution.
(New York, NY: Metropolitan Books, 303 p.). Professor of Political
Science (University of California, San Diego). War and emergency
powers--United States--History.
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, David S. Birdsell (1988).
Presidential
Debates: The Challenge of Creating an Informed
Electorate. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 264 p.).
Presidents--United States--Election; Campaign debates--United
States; Television in politics--United States.
Kathleen Hall Jamieson (1996).
Packaging the Presidency: A
History and Criticism of Presidential Campaign Advertising.
(New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 578 p. [3rd ed.]).
Presidents--United States--Election; Advertising,
Political--United States; United States--Politics and
government--1945-1989; United States--Politics and
government--1989-.
Matthew Josephson (1940).
The President Makers; The Culture
of Politics and Leadership in an Age of Enlightenment, 1896-1919.
(New York, NY: Harcourt Brace, 584 p.). Statesmen, American;
United States--History--20th century; United States--Politics and
government--1897-1901; United States--Politics and
government--20th century.
George Juergens (1981).
News from the White House: The
Presidential-Press Relationship in the Progressive Era.
(Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 338 p.). Press and
politics--United States--History--20th century; Progressivism
(United States politics); United States--Politics and
government--1901-1909; United States--Politics and
government--1909-1913; United States--Politics and
government--1913-1921.
Barbara Kellerman (1984).
The Political Presidency: Practice of Leadership. (New
York, NY: Oxford University Press, 300 p.). Presidents--United
States; Leadership; United States--Politics and
government--1945-1989.
Barbara Kellerman, Ryan J. Barilleaux (1991).
The President as World Leader. (New York, NY: St. Martin’s
Press, 225 p.). Presidents--United States; United States--Foreign
relations.
Ronald Kessler (1995).
Inside the White House: The Hidden
Lives of the Modern Presidents and the Secrets of the World's Most
Powerful Institution. (New York, NY: Pocket Books, 302 p.).
White House (Washington, D.C.); Presidents -- United States --
History -- 20th century; Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and
customs -- 1951-.
Ralph Ketcham (1984).
Presidents Above Party: The First American Presidency, 1789-1829.
(Chapel Hill, NC: Published for the Institute of Early American
History and Culture, Williamsburg, VA, by the University of North
Carolina Press, 269 p.). Presidents--United States--History;
Executive power--United States--History; Political science--United
States--History; United States--Politics and
government--1789-1815; United States--Politics and
government--1815-1861.
Eds. Arleen Keylin and Eve Nelson (1976).
If Elected ...: Presidential Campaigns from Lincoln to Ford, as
Reported by the New York Times. (New York, NY: Arno Press,
300 p.). Presidents--United States--Election--History--Sources;
United States--Politics and government--1865-1900--Sources; United
States--Politics and government--20th century--Sources.
Philip B. Kunhardt, Jr., Philip B. Kunhardt III and Peter W.
Kunhardt (1999).
The American President. (New York, NY:
Riverhead Books, 481 p.). Presidents--United States--History;
Presidents--United States--Biography; Presidents--United
States--Pictorial works. Independent companion volume to 10-hour
PBS television series.
Charles M. Lamb (2005).
Housing Segregation in Suburban America Since 1960: Presidental
and Judicial Politics. (New York, NY: Cambridge University
Press, 302 p.). Teaches Constitutional Law and Civil Rights
(University at Buffalo, State University of New York).
Discrimination in housing--United States--History--20th century;
Discrimination in housing--Law and legislation--United
States--History--20th century; Presidents--United States--Decision
making--History--20th century; Suburbs--United
States--History--20th century; Housing policy--United
States--History--20th century. National fair
housing policy from 1960 through 2000 in context of American presidency and
country's segregated suburban housing market.
Barry H. Landau (2007).
The President’s Table: Two Hundred Years of Dining and Diplomacy.
(New York, NY: HarperCollins, 304 p.). Served Eight Presidents,
Planned Historic Events with Every White House since Lyndon
Johnson. White House (Washington, D.C.)--History--Anecdotes;
Presidents--United States--History--Anecdotes; Presidents--United
States--Biography--Anecdotes; Presidents--United States--Social
life and customs--Anecdotes; Presidents--Collectibles--United
States--Pictorial works; Entertaining--United
States--History--Anecdotes; Dinners and dining--United
States--History--Anecdotes; Food habits--United
States--History--Anecdotes; Political culture--United
States--History--Anecdotes; Washington (D.C.)--Social life and
customs--Anecdotes. History of the American Presidency as seen
through Presidential entertaining from George Washington to George
W. Bush.
Marc Landy and Sidney M. Milkis (2000).
Presidential Greatness. (Lawrence, KS: University Press of
Kansas, 278 p.). Professor of Political Science (Boston College);
Professor of Government and Senior Scholar at the Miller Center of
Public Affairs (University of Virginia). Presidents--United
States--History; Political leadership--United States--History.
Max Lerner with an introduction by Robert Schmuhl
(1996).
Wounded Titans: American Presidents and the Perils of Power.
(New York, NY: Arcade Pub., 437 p.). Presidents--United
States--History; Presidents--United States--Biography;
Presidents--United States--Election--History--20th century; Power
(Social sciences)--United States--History; United States--Politics
and government--20th century.
William E. Leuchtenburg (2005).
The White House Looks South: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S.
Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson. (Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana
State University Press, 672 p.). William Rand Kenan, Jr.,
Professor Emeritus (University of North Carolina). Roosevelt,
Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945; Truman, Harry S.,
1884-1972; Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973;
Presidents--United States--Biography; Regionalism--United
States--History--20th century; Regionalism--Southern
States--History--20th century; United States--Politics and
government--20th century; Southern States--Civilization--20th
century; Southern States--Politics and government--1865-1950;
Southern States--Politics and government--1951-.
Lawrence B. Lindsey with Marc Sumerlin (2008).
What a President Should Know (but most learn too late): An
Insider’s View on How To Succeed in the Oval Office.
(Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 246 p.). Former
Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Deputy
Director of the National Economic Council for Pres. George W.
Bush. Lindsey, Lawrence; Presidents--United States;
Presidents--United States--Staff; United States--Politics and
government--2001-. Contents: Inside the Oval, again -- The
corrupting walls of the West Wing -- Pay any price, bear any
burden -- Engaging the enemy -- Are we ready for another dark day?
-- At the helm of the economy -- A world of porous borders --
Tackling the big problems confronting America -- The reaction to
fear itself -- The end of the line -- Don’t stay too long.
John Anthony Maltese (1992).
Spin Control: The White House
Office of Communications and the Management of Presidential News.
(Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 297 p.).
Presidents -- United States -- Press conferences; Government and
the press -- United States.
Ernest R. May (1960).
The Ultimate Decision: The President
as Commander in Chief. (New York, NY: G. Braziller, 290 p.).
Executive power--United States; Civil supremacy over the
military--United States; United States--History, Military.
Jeremy D. Mayer (2002).
Running on Race: Racial Politics in
Presidential Campaigns, 1960-2000. (New York, NY: Random
House, 368 p.). Racism--Political aspects--United
States--History--20th century; Presidents--United
States--Election--History--20th century; Political
campaigns--United States--History--20th century; United
States--Politics and government--1945-1989; United
States--Politics and government--1989-; United States--Race
relations--Political aspects.
Forrest McDonald (1994).
The American Presidency: An
Intellectual History. (Lawrence, KS: University Press of
Kansas, 516 p.). Presidents--United States--History.
John J. Mearsheimer (2001).
The Tragedy of Great Power
Politics. (New York, NY: Norton, 555 p.). World
politics--19th century; World politics--20th century; Great
powers; International relations.
Roland Mesnier; withChristian Malard (2007).
All the Presidents' Pastries: Twenty-Five Years in the White
House, A Memoir. (Paris, FR: Flammarion, 344 p.). Former
White House Pastry Chef (5 First Families, beginning with
Carters). White House (Washington, DC); Culinary arts.
Behind-the-scenes insight into characters, tastes, obsessions of
five presidents and first ladies during 25 years in Washington.
Sidney M. Milkis (1993).
The President and the Parties: The Transformation of the American
Party System Since the New Deal. (New York, NY: Oxford
University Press, 404 p.). Professor of Government and Senior
Scholar at the Miller Center of Public Affairs (University of
Virginia). Political parties--United States--History--20th
century; Executive power--United States--History--20th century;
United States--Politics and government--20th century.
Sidney M. Milkis, Michael Nelson (2003).
The American Presidency: Origins and Development, 1776-2002.
(Washington, DC: CQ Press, 496 p. [4th ed.]). Professor of
Government and Senior Scholar at the Miller Center of Public
Affairs (University of Virginia). Presidents--United
States--History; Executive power--United States--History;
Constitutional history--United States; United States--Politics and
government.
Meade Minnigerode (1928).
Presidential Years, 1787-1860. (New York, NY: Putnam, 396
p.). Presidents--United States--Election; United States--Politics
and government--1783-1865.
H. Wayne Morgan (1969).
From Hayes to McKinley; National Party Politics, 1877-1896.
(Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 618 p.). Political
parties--United States--History; United States--Politics and
government--1865-1900.
Dick Morris (1997).
Behind the Oval Office: Getting
Reelected Against All Odds. (Los Angeles, CA: Renaissance
Books, 646 p.). Political Strategist. Clinton, Bill, 1946-
--Friends and associates; Morris, Dick; Presidents--United
States--Election--1996; United States--Politics and
government--1993-2001.
Lance Morrow (2005).
The Best Year of Their Lives: Kennedy,
Johnson, and Nixon in 1948; Learning the Secrets of Power.
(New York, NY: Basic Books, 312 p.). Kennedy, John F. (John
Fitzgerald), 1917-1963; Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines),
1908-1973; Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-
Legislators--United States--Biography; Presidents--United
States--Biography; United States--Politics and
government--1945-1953; United States--Foreign
relations--1945-1953. A
Robert K. Murray and Tim H. Blessing (1994).
Greatness in
the White House: Rating the Presidents. (University Park, PA:
Pennsylvania State University Press, 169 p. [end updated ed.]).
Presidents--Rating of--United States; United States--Politics and
government. From George Washington through Ronald Reagan.
Richard E. Neustadt (1990).
Presidential Power and the
Modern Presidents: The Politics of Leadership from Roosevelt to
Reagan. (New York, NY: Free Press, 371 p. [rev. 1980 ed.]).
Presidents--United States; Executive power--United States; United
States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
Michael Novak (1992).
Choosing Presidents: Symbols of
Political Leadership. (New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction
Publishers, 354 p. [2nd ed., orig. pub. 1974]). Presidents--United
States--Election--1972; Presidents--United States; Symbolism;
National characteristics, American.
Robert M. Pallitto and William G. Weaver (2007).
Presidential Secrecy and the Law. (Baltimore, MD: Johns
Hopkins University Press, 280 p.). Assistant Professor of
Political Science (University of Texas at El Paso); Associate
Professor of Political Science and Director of Academic Programs
at the Institute for Policy and Economic Development (University
of Texas at El Paso). Executive privilege (Government
information)--United States; Separation of powers--United States.
History of executive branch efforts to
consolidate power through information control; damage to
nation’s democracy and its Constitution by staunch information
suppression (state secrets, warrantless investigations and
wiretaps, signing statements, executive privilege).
Martin Plissner (1999).
The Control Room: How Television Calls the Shots in Presidential
Elections. (New York, NY: Free Press, 244 p). Television
in politics--United States; Presidents--United States--Election;
Political campaigns--United States.
Nelson W. Polsby, Aaron Wildavsky (2000).
Presidential
Elections: Strategies and Structures of American Politics.
(New York, NY: Chatham House Publishers, 340 p. [10th ed.]).
Presidents -- United States -- Election.
John Prados (1986).
Presidents' Secret Wars: CIA and Pentagon Covert Operations Since
World War II. (New York, NY: Morrow, 480 p.). United
States. Central Intelligence Agency; Intelligence service--United
States; Military intelligence--United States; United
States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.
--- (1991).
Keepers of the Keys: A History of the National Security Council
from Truman to Bush. (New York, NY: Morrow, 632 p.).
National Security Council (U.S.)--History; National
security--United States--History--20th century.
Michael P. Riccards (1987).
A Republic, If You Can Keep It: The Foundation of the American
Presidency, 1700-1800. (New York, NY: Greenwood Press, 227
p.). President of St. John's College (Santa Fe, NM).
Presidents--United States--History--18th century; Executive
power--United States--History--18th century; United
States--Politics and government--1789-1797.
--- (2003).
The Ferocious Engine of Democracy: From Theodore Roosevelt through
George W. Bush. (New York, NY: Cooper Square Books, 504
p.). President of St. John's College (Santa Fe, NM).
Presidents--United States--History; United States--Politics and
government.
Mark J. Rozell (2002).
Executive Privilege: The Dilemma of Secrecy and Democratic
Accountability. (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas,
211 p. [2nd rev. ed.]). Executive privilege (Government
information)--United States; Executive privilege (Government
information)--United States--History.
Francis Russell (1976).
The President Makers: from Mark
Hanna to Joseph P. Kennedy. (Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 407
p.). Presidents--United States--Election; United States--Politics
and government--20th century.
ed. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Fred L. Israel, associate
editor, William P. Hansen, managing editor (1985).
History of
American Presidential Elections, 1789-1968. (New York, NY:
Chelsea House, 3959 p., 9 vols.). Presidents--United
States--Election--History; United States--Politics and government.
Contents: v. 1. 1789-1824 -- v. 2. 1828-1844 -- v. 3. 1848-1868 --
v. 4. 1872-1888 -- v. 5. 1892-1908 -- v. 6. 1912-1924 -- v. 7.
1928-1940 -- v. 8. 1944-1956 -- v. 9. 1960-1968.
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.; with a new epilogue by the author
(1989).
The Imperial Presidency. (Boston, MA: Houghton
Mifflin, 588 p.). Presidents--United States--History; Executive
power--United States--History.
--- (2004).
War and the American Presidency. (New York, NY: Norton,
160 p.). Unilateral acts (International law); Iraq War,
2003--Influence; War and emergency powers--United States--History;
Presidents--United States--History; Democracy--United
States--History; United States--Foreign relations--Philosophy;
United States--Foreign relations--2001-.
Robert Schlesinger (2008).
White House Ghosts: Presidents and Their Speechwriters.
(New York, NY: Simon & Schuster,, 368 p.). Speechwriters--United
States--history; White House (Washington, D.C.).
With the advent
of radio, Warren Harding became the first president to have a
full-time speechwriter. Evolution of presidential speechwriter's job
(Raymond Moley under FDR, Ted Sorensen and Arthur
Schlesinger, Jr., under JFK, Jack Valenti and Richard Goodwin
under LBJ, William Safire and Pat Buchanan under Nixon, Hendrik
Hertzberg and James Fallows under Carter, Peggy Noonan under
Reagan, Michael Gerson, John McConnell, and Matthew Scully under
George W. Bush).
Ed. Douglas E. Schoen (2004).
On the Campaign Trail: The Long Road of Presidential Politics,
1860-2004. (New York, NY: Regan Books, 395 p.).
Presidents--United States--Election--History--Pictorial works;
Political campaigns--United States--History--Pictorial works;
Elections--United States--History--Pictorial works.
Frederick A.O. Schwarz and Aziz Huq (2007).
Unchecked and Unbalanced: Presidential Power in a Time of Terror.
(New York, NY: New Press, 288 p.). Senior Counsel, Brennan Center
for Justice (New York University Law School); Associate Counsel to
the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center
for Justice (NYU). War and emergency powers--United States; War on
Terrorism, 2001---Law and legislation; Executive power--United
States; Presidents--United States. Important
for citizens to demand disclosure, oversight, and restraint of
sweeping claims of executive power.
Gail Sheehy (1988).
Character: America's Search for
Leadership. (New York, NY: Bantam Books, 311 [rev. ed.]).
Presidential candidates--United States--Psychology; Political
leadership--United States; Presidents--United
States--Election--1988. Self-styled character cop - temperament
infers character. Michael Dukakis would have fit her description
in 1988.
Richard Shenkman (1999).
Presidential Ambition: How the
Presidents Gained Power, Kept Power, and Got Things Done. (New
York, NY: HarperCollins, 361 p.). Former Managing Editor of KIRO-TV
(Seattle). Presidents--United States--History; Ambition; Executive
power--United States--History; United States--Politics and
government.
Robert Shogan (1991).
The Riddle of Power: Presidential
Leadership from Truman to Bush. (New York, NY: Dutton, 352
p.). Correspondent (LA Times). Presidents -- United States; United
States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989; United States --
Politics and government -- 1989-1993.
--- (2001).
Bad News: Where the Press Goes Wrong in the
Making of the President. (Chicago, IL: I.R. Dee, 308 p.).
Correspondent (LA Times). Press and politics -- United States;
Presidents -- United States -- Election. Ethical scorecard,
personal and professional, of every Presidential election author
has reported on since 1968. Author exonerates news media's role,
damning candidates themselves. Media reduced to role of enablers?
Steven A Shull (1999).
American Civil Rights Policy from
Truman to Clinton: The Role of Presidential Leadership.
(Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 294 p.). Reagan, Ronald -- Views on
civil rights; Bush, George, 1924- -- Views on civil rights;
Clinton, Bill, 1946- -- Views on civil rights; African Americans
-- Civil rights; Civil rights -- Government policy -- United
States; United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989;
United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-.
Jeanne Simon (1989).
Codename Scarlett: Life on the Campaign
Trail. (New York, NY: Continuum, 157 p.). Simon, Paul, 1928-;
Simon, Jeanne; Presidents--United States--Election--1988;
Presidential candidates--United States--Biography; Politicians'
spouses--United States--Biography. Experiences on the stump for
her husband, Sen. Paul Simon (IL) in 1988 Presidential campaign.
Craig Allen Smith and Kathy B. Smith (1994).
The White House Speaks: Presidential Leadership as Persuasion.
(Westport, CT: Praeger, 263 p.). Presidents--United States;
Presidents--United States--Messages; Political leadership--United
States; Political oratory--United States.
Gary Scott Smith (2006).
Faith and the Presidency: From George Washington to George W. Bush.
(New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 665 p.). Chairs the
History Department, Coordinates the Humanities Core (Grove City
College). Presidents--United States--Biography; Presidents--United
States--Religion; Christianity and politics--United States.
Religion has been a major part of the
presidency since George Washington's first inaugural address.
Author analyzes beliefs of each President. how those beliefs
shaped their presidencies and course of U. S. history.
Theodore C. Sorensen (1975).
Watchmen in the Night:
Presidential Accountability After Watergate. (Cambridge, MA:
MIT Press, 178 p.). Executive power -- United States; Separation
of powers -- United States; Watergate Affair, 1972-1974.
Constantine J. Spiliotes (2002).
Vicious Cycle: Presidential
Decision Making in the American Political Economy. (College
Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 212 p.). United
States--Economic policy; Presidents--United States;
Presidents--United States--Decision making; Political
planning--United States.
Stephen W. Stathis (2003).
Landmark Legislation, 1774-2002: Major U.S. Acts and Treaties.
(Washington, DC: CQ Press, 429 p.). Legislation--United States.
Herbert Stein (1994).
Presidential Economics: The Making of
Economic Policy from Roosevelt to Clinton. (Washington, DC:
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 495 p.).
Presidents--United States--History--20th century; United
States--Economic policy; United States--Politics and
government--20th century.
Mary E. Stuckey (2004).
Defining Americans: The Presidency and National Identity.
(Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 413 p.). Group
identity--United States--History; Political culture--United
States--History; National characteristics, American;
Presidents--United States--History.
Raymond Tatalovich, Thomas S. Engeman (2003).
The Presidency
and Political Science: Two Hundred Years of Constitutional Debate.
(Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 268 p.).
Presidents--United States--History; Political science--United
States--History.
John Tebbel, Sarah Miles Watts (1985).
The Press and the
Presidency: From George Washington to Ronald Reagan. (New
York, NY: Oxford University Press, 583 p.). Presidents--United
States--History; Press and politics--United States--History;
United States--Politics and government.
Gil Troy (1996).
See How They Ran: The Changing Role of the
Presidential Candidate. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University
Press, 372 p. [rev. and expanded]). Professor of History (McGill
University). Presidents--United States--Election--History;
Political campaigns--United States--History.
--- (1997).
Affairs of State: The Rise and Rejection of the
Presidential Couple Since World War II. (New York, NY: Free
Press, 486 p.). Professor of History (McGill University).
Presidents--United States--History--20th century;
Presidents--United States--Family--History--20th century;
Presidents' spouses--United States--History--20th century; United
States--Politics and government--1945-1989; United
States--Politics and government--1989-.
--- (2000).
Mr. and Mrs. President: From the Trumans to the
Clintons. (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 440 p.
[2nd ed.]). Professor of History (McGill University).
Presidents--United States--History--20th century;
Presidents--United States--Family--History--20th century;
Presidents' spouses--United States--History--20th century; United
States--Politics and government--1945-1989; United
States--Politics and government--1989-.
Rexford G. Tugwell (1960).
The Enlargement of the Presidency. (Garden City, NY:
Doubleday, 508 p.). Presidents--United States; Executive
power--United States.
--- (1964).
How They Became President; Thirty-Five Ways to the White House.
(New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 587 p.). Presidents--United
States--Election; United States--Politics and government.
Don Van Natta, Jr. (2003).
First Off the Tee: Presidential
Duffers, Hackers, and Cheaters, from Taft to Bush. (New York,
NY: Public Affairs, p.). Investigative Reporter (New York Times).
Golf--Political aspects--United States; Presidents--Sports--United
States; Sports and state--United States.
Kenneth T. Walsh (1996).
Feeding the Beast: The White House
Versus the Press. (New York, NY: Random House, 340 p.).
Presidents--Press coverage--United States; Presidents--United
States--History; Presidents--United States--History--20th century;
Press and politics--United States; Journalism--Political
aspects--United States; Mass media--Political aspects--United
States.
eds. J. F. Watts and Fred L. Israel (2000).
Presidential
Documents: The Speeches, Proclamations, and Policies That Have
Shaped the Nation from Washington to Clinton. (New York, NY:
Routledge, 396 p.). Presidents--United States--History--Sources;
United States--Politics and government--Sources; United
States--History--Sources.
John Sayle Watterson (2006).
The Games Presidents Play: Sports and the Presidency in the
Twentieth Century. (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins
University Press, 432 p.). Adjunct Assistant Professor of History
(James Madison University). Presidents--Sports--United States;
Sports and state--United States. Athletic
strengths, feats, shortcomings of presidents; explores their
health, physical attributes, personalities, sports IQs, increasing
trend of Americans in past century to equate sporting achievements
with courage, manliness, political competence.
Stephen J. Wayne (2001).
The Road to the White House, 2000:
The Politics of Presidential Elections. (New York, NY:
Palgrave, 364 p.). Presidents--United States--Election--2000;
Presidents--United States--Election; Political campaigns--United
States.
Doug Wead (2003).
All the Presidents' Children: Triumph and
Tragedy in the Lives of America's First Families. (New York,
NY: Atria Books, 456 p.). Children of presidents--United
States--History; Children of presidents--United States--Biography;
Presidents--United States--Family relationships.
--- (2005).
The Raising of a President: The Mothers and
Fathers of Our Nation's Leaders. (New York, NY: Atria Books,
512 p.). Fathers of presidents--United States--Biography; Mothers
of presidents--United States--Biography; Parents--United
States--Biography; Presidents--United States--Family
relationships; Presidents--United States--Biography.
Theodore H. White (1961).
The Making of the President, 1960.
(New York, NY: Atheneum, 400 p.). Nixon, Richard M. (Richard
Milhous), 1913- ; Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963;
Presidents--United States--Election--1960; United States--Politics
and government--1953-1961.
--- (1965).
The Making of the President, 1964. (New
York, NY: Atheneum, 431 p.). Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines),
1908-1973; Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909- ;
Presidents--United States--Election--1964; United States--Politics
and government--1963-1969.
--- (1969).
The Making of the President, 1968. (New
York, NY: Atheneum, 459 p.). Presidents--United
States--Election--1968; United States--Politics and
government--1963-1969.
--- (1973).
The Making of the President, 1972. (New
York, Ny: Atheneum, 391 p.). Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous),
1913- ; McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922- ;
Presidents--United States--Election--1972.
--- (1986).
America in Search of Itself: The Making of the
President, 1956-1980. (Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 465 p.).
Presidents--United States--Election--History--20th century; United
States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
Edward L. Widmer; Introduction by Alan Brinkley (2001).
Campaigns: A Century of Presidential Races from the Photo Archives
of the New York Times. (New York, NY: DK Pub., 416 P.).
Presidents--United States--Election--History--20th
century--Pictorial works; Presidential candidates--United
States--History--20th century--Pictorial works; Political
campaigns--United States--History--20th century--Pictorial works;
United States--Politics and government--20th century--Pictorial
works.
Aaron B. Wildavsky (1991).
The Beleaguered Presidency.
(New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 358 p.). Presidents --
United States; Political culture -- United States; United States
-- Politics and government -- 1945-1989; United States -- Politics
and government -- 1989-.
B. Dan Wood (2007).
The Politics of Economic Leadership. (Princeton, NJ:
Princeton University Press, 222 p.). Professor of Political
Science (Texas A&M University). Presidents--United
States--History--20th century; United States--Economic policy;
United States--Politics and government--20th century; Political
leadership--United States. When, why, how
presidents talk about the economy; whether president's economic rhetoric matters; presidential words
can affect pproval of ob
performance, perceptions of economic news, consumer confidence,
consumer behavior, business investment, interest rates.
Bob Woodward (1999).
Shadow: Five Presidents and the Legacy
of Watergate. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 592 p.). Nixon,
Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913- -- Influence; United States --
Politics and government -- 1945-1989; United States -- Politics
and government -- 1989- ; Presidents -- United States -- History
-- 20th century; Watergate Affair, 1972-1974. Author examines how
the rules of presidential politics have changed since Nixon and
Watergate, with special emphasis on Clinton.
Edited with an added introd. by C. Vann Woodward (1974).
Responses of the Presidents to Charges of Misconduct. (New
York, NY: Dell Pub. Co., 401 p.). Political corruption--United
States--History; Misconduct in office--United States--History;
Presidents--United States--History. A study undertaken for the
Impeachment Inquiry Staff of the House Committee on the Judiciary,
with an added introd.
Jordan M. Wright (2008).
Campaigning for President. (New York, NY: Smithsonian
Books/Collins, 291 p.). Presidents--United
States--Election--History; Presidents--United
States--Election--History--Pictorial works; Political
campaigns--United States--History; Political campaigns--United
States--History--Pictorial works; Campaign paraphernalia--United
States--History; Presidential candidates--United States--History.
How presidents (and their losing rivals) have wooed
voters since America was founded via posters and
paper dresses to ice-cream bars, sunglasses, and buttons; money didn’t become important just in recent elections,
and candidates--and their minions--have sometimes been willing to
gloss over the fine points or get very creative in their
self-representation in attempts to win the presidency.
Russell O. Wright (1995).
Presidential Elections in the
United States: A Statistical History, 1860-1992. (Jefferson,
NC: McFarland, 187 p.). Presidents--United
States--Election--History--Statistics.
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Transcripts of U.S. presidential State of the Union addresses as
given to a joint session of Congress early each year. Includes
transcripts back to Harry S Truman's address in 1945, and video
back to George H.W. Bush's address in 1989, plus a video of
Nixon's January, 1974 address. From the National Cable Satellite
Corporation.
John Dean's "Books to Read on the American Presidency"
http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syltguides/fullview/
T52P3TL9DFHT/$%7B0%7D/104-0604071-5030369?ie=UTF8&%2AVersion%2A=1&%2Aentries%2A=0
Democracy Project - PBS Kids
http://pbskids.org/democracy/
Interactive site allows kids to walk through the meetings and
events of a typical Presidential day, find out how the different
agencies of local, state and national governments affect their
daily lives, and step inside the voting booth.
Foreign Relations of the United States
http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/FRUS/
This United States government series serves as the official
documentary historical record of major foreign policy decisions.
Produced by the State Department’s Office of the Historian, many
of these printed volumes have been digitized and placed online
here as part of the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
project. Working with collaborators at the University of Illinois
at Chicago, this archive includes those volumes published from
1861 to the year 1960. It is easy to search through the volumes.
Organization of FRUS, while generally chronological, does not
always correspond to the dates of documentary history. Each volume
has a subject and author index available for consultation.
Frontline Diplomacy: The Foreign Affairs Oral History
Collection of the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/diplomacy/index.html
Online exhibit provides a great deal of insight into lives and
activities of diplomats. It presents a number of oral histories
from the archives of the Association for Diplomatic Studies and
Training. Working together with the Library of Congress American
Memory Project, this collection allows users to browse through
some of the many interviews conducted with former diplomatic
officials over the past seven decades.
Ghosts of the White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/ghosts/.
Watch videos featuring "stories of strange noises in the White
House, sightings of President Abraham Lincoln's ghost and a
Halloween prank by President Carter's daughter." Also has a set of
questions from the public about hauntings, answered by a White
House employee on Halloween of 2003. From the Web site of the
president of the United States. Subjects: Ghost stories; Ghosts;
Halloween; White House (Washington, D.C.).
The Greased Pig (Presidential Politics in the Gilded Age)
www.greasedpig.blogspot.com
From Ambrose Bierce's definition of the presidency as "the greased
pig in the field game of American politics." Political wars that
preoccupied the United States between 1872 and 1900. Brief
biographical essays about little-known or overlooked figures from
the period; topical comment on issues then and now; links to
relevant Web site or articles.
Herblock's History: Political Cartoons from the Crash to
the Millennium
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/herblock/
Features the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist
Herb Block. He was best known for caricatures of American
presidents from Herbert Hoover to Bill Clinton and for his work
during the Watergate investigation. The site includes annotated
artwork, a biography of Herblock, and his own writing on political
cartooning. An exhibit from the Library of Congress. Subjects:
Block, Herbert, 1909-; Editorial cartoonists; United States;
People.
History and Politics Out Loud (HPOL)
http://www.hpol.org/ Find audio recordings ranging from "formal addresses delivered in
public settings to private telephone conversations conducted from
the innermost recesses of the White House." Includes speeches by
Lyndon B. Johnson to the Warren Commission, John F. Kennedy
speaking about the Cuban Missile Crisis, tapes from the
Nixon/Watergate scandal, and Bill Clinton's denials of his affair
with Monica Lewinsky. Introductions give historical context, and
many have transcripts. Funded by the National Endowment for the
Humanities in partnership with Michigan State University.
Subjects: Speeches, addresses, etc.; United States.
A History of Conflict in High Court Appointments
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4732341
"As President Bush prepares to nominate a replacement for Supreme
Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor [in July 2005], Washington is
bracing for the possibility of a confirmation battle. Here's a
look at recent conflicts over high court nominees." Includes
discussions about confirmation conflicts relating to Clarence
Thomas, Robert H. Bork, Abe Fortas, and others. From National
Public Radio (NPR). Subjects: Judges; United States. Supreme
Court; United States. Congress. Senate; United States.
The History of Televised Presidential Debates
http://www.museum.tv/debateweb/html/index.htm
Video clips, photos, headlines, and commentary on the presidential
debates on television from 1960-2000. Essays, statistics, and
interviews with scholars, and classroom activities are included.
Explores "television's impact on the American political arena."
From MBC: The Museum of Broadcast Communications. Subjects:
Campaign debates; Presidents; Television in politics.
Homes of Our Presidents - Of Cottages and Castles
http://hoover.archives.gov/exhibits/cottages/
This exhibit provides "a glimpse into the private homes and lives
of each of our presidents." Organized into groups of presidents
who "rose up from poverty," were "born into privilege," and
presidents from middle class backgrounds. Includes images of
miniature models and artifacts from the physical exhibit. From the
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum.
"I Do Solemnly Swear ... ": Presidential Inaugurations
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/pihtml/
"Approximately 400 items or 2,000 digital files from each of the
54 inaugurations from George Washington's in 1789 to George W.
Bush's inauguration of 2001. This presentation includes diaries
and letters of presidents and of those who witnessed
inaugurations, handwritten drafts of inaugural addresses,
broadsides, inaugural tickets and programs, prints, photographs,
and sheet music." From the Library of Congress American Memory.
Subjects: Presidents.
Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United
States: George Washington through George W. Bush
http://www.bartleby.com/124/
Find U.S. presidents' inaugural addresses, brief historical
synopses of each inauguration, pictures of the presidents, and the
text of the oath of office. Includes information about the five
presidents who assumed office without inauguration. Searchable and
browsable.
Inaugural History
http://inaugural.senate.gov/history/index.html
Law Library Reading Room: Supreme Court Nominations
http://www.loc.gov/rr/law/nominations.html
"The July 19th, 2005 nomination of John G. Roberts, Jr. has
heightened the interest in the nominations process, the
constitutional advice and consent role of the United States
Senate, and the importance of the Judicial Branch. The Law Library
of Congress has collected both electronic and print materials
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