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Title

Preparing to be president : the memos of Richard E. Neustadt / edited by Charles O. Jones.

Author

Neustadt, Richard E.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : AEI Press, 2000.

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Additional Authors

• Jones, Charles O.
• American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

Description

vii, 197 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

• "Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy reportedly said, "If I am elected, I don't want to wake up on the morning of November 9 and have to ask myself, 'What in the world do I do now?'" So before his campaigning ended, he called on Richard E. Neustadt, author of the influential bestseller, Presidential Power, to write a series of memos to plan for the transition into the Presidency."
• "This volume presents Neustadt's previously unpublished memos to Kennedy along with later memos he wrote for Ronald Reagan, Michael Dukakis, and Bill Clinton and advice for the next President of the United States. In this volume, the man Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., calls "our most brilliant commentator on the Presidency" reveals for the first time how he came to advise the various Presidents-elect and candidates. In addition, editor Charles O. Jones offers a critical analysis of the memos and an insightful bibliographic essay on the relationship between the Neustadt memos and the transition memos that others have written."--Jacket.

Subject

• Presidents > United States
• United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989
• United States > Politics and government > 1989-

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-185) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• The Truman aide turned professor -- Memo 1. Organizing the transition -- Memo 2. Staffing the President-elect ; Attachment A : Roosevelt's approach to staffing the White House ; Attachment B : Roosevelt's approach to staffing the Budget Bureau -- Memo 3. Cabinet Departments : some things to keep in mind -- Memo 4. White House titles -- Memo 5. A White House Aide for personnel and congressional liaison -- Memo 6. The National Security Council : first steps -- Memo 7. Shutting down Eisenhower's "cabinet system" -- Memo 8. Appointing Fred Dutton "Staff Secretary" instead of "Cabinet Secretary" -- Memo 9. Location of Disarmament Agency -- Memo 10. The science adviser : first steps -- Memo 11. Coping with "flaps" in the early days of the new administration -- Memo 12. Possible remarks by the President at the outset of the Cabinet meeting (prepared with Fred Dutton).
• Memo 13. Historical problems in staffing the White House (for James Baker III) -- Memo 14. Transition planning during the campaign (for Michael Dukakis law partner Paul Brountas) -- Memo 15. "Lessons" for the eleven weeks (for Bill Clinton friend Robert B. Reich) -- Memo 16. Role of the Vice President (for Al Gore friend Reed Hundt) -- Memo 17. Rules of thumb (based on historical experience) (attachment for Reed Hundt) -- Memo 18. A White House title for Hillary Clinton? (for Hillary Clinton friend Diane Blair) -- Memo 19. Further thoughts on the First Lady (supplement for Diane Blair) -- Neustadt advises the advisers in 2000.

ISBN

0844741396 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^00058656^

OCLC

44573462

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library