Power and the presidency
By: edited by Robert A. Wilson.
Contributors: Wilson, Robert A., 1941-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
Subjects: Presidents -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Executive power -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945; United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989; United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
Description: "In this volume, a distinguished group of experts - prize-winning presidential biographers, historians, and journalists examines how an array of twentieth-century presidents have commanded, wielded, and sometimes dissipated the enormous influence conferred upon the nation's highest office."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Preface / by Robert A. Wilson; title: Power and the presidency / David McCullough; title: Franklin D. Roosevelt / Doris Kearns Goodwin; title: Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy / Michael R. Beschloss; title: Lyndon B. Johnson / Robert A. Caro; title: Richard M. Nixon / Benjamin C. Bradlee; title: Ronald Reagan / Edmund Morris; title: William J. Clinton / David Maraniss.