Focus on U.S. presidents, presidency and presidential action
By: Robert P. Watson, editor.
Contributors: Watson, Robert P., 1962-
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 161
ISBN-13: 9781600213144
Subjects: Presidents -- United States -- History.; Presidents -- United States -- Case studies.; Political leadership -- United States -- Case studies.; Executive power -- United States -- Case studies.; United States -- Politics and government.; United States -- Politics and government -- Decision making.; United States -- Politics and government -- Case studies.
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: Are all presidential legislative successes really victories? : examining the substance of legislation / Andrew W. Barrett; Revisiting El Dorado Canyon : terrorism, the Reagan administration, and the 1986 bombing of Libya / David B. Cohen and Chris J. Dolan; Could you spare a dime? better make it $10,000 : contributions to the Clinton legal expense trust / Israel Waismel-Manor and Shelley Conroy; Learning the art of policy management / Bruce E. Altschuler; Inflation rhetoric : Gerald Ford's first six months in office / David Gore; Jefferson Davis, religion, and the politics of recognition / D. Jason Berggren.