Crucible
Subtitle: the President's first year
By: edited by Michael Nelson, Jeffrey L. Chidester, and Stefanie Georgakis Abbott
Series: Miller Center studies on the presidency
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780813940960
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Presidents; History
Description: Crucible "addresses core questions of governance facing a new president, from navigating a broken political system to thriving in a changing media envirionent. The project's illustrious particitants ... explore both opportunities and challenges in key policy areas, from national security, race, and immigration to opportunity, mobility, and fiscal policy. Crucible consolidates the most salient lessons that can be drawn from both the best and the worst presidencies in American history, as well as from the many in between, to provide true insight on the most important issues facing any new president in the first year of office."--UVa Press News release.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: I. Donald Trump's first year; title: II. The important first year; title: III. National security and diplomacy; title: IV. The domestic agenda; title: V. Race and immigration; title: VI. Managing the executive; title: VII. Presidential communications.