The modern American presidency
By: Lewis L. Gould ; foreword by Richard Norton Smith.
Edition: 2nd ed., rev. and updated.
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lawrence
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780700616831; 9780700616848
Subjects: Presidents -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Presidents -- United States -- History -- 21st century; Presidents -- United States -- Biography; United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century; United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The age of Cortelyou : William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt; title: The lawyer and the professor : William Howard Taft and Woodrow Wilson; title: The modern presidency recedes : Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover; title: The modern presidency revives and grows : Franklin D. Roosevelt; title: The presidency in the Cold War era : Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower; title: The souring of the modern presidency : John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson; title: The rise of the continuous campaign : Richard Nixon; title: The modern presidency under siege : Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter; title: The modern presidency in a Republican era : Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush; title: Perils of the modern presidency : Bill Clinton; title: The modern presidency in crisis : George W. Bush.