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The modern presidency

Title
The modern presidency / edited by Nelson W. Polsby.
Publication
New York, Random House [1973]

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Additional Authors
Polsby, Nelson W.
Description
xii, 236 pages; 24 cm
Subject
  • 1933-1989
  • Presidents > United States
  • Politics and government
  • Presidents
  • United States > Politics and government > 1933-1945
  • United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Franklin D. Roosevelt -- The Evolution of the Presidency / Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., The Evolution of the Presidency -- Harry S. Truman -- Truman and the Verdict of History / Elmer Davis, Harry S. Truman and the Verdict of History -- The Man in the White House / Eric Sevareid -- The President's Contribution / Dean Acheson -- Ten O'Clock Meeting -- John Hersey, Forty-eight Hours -- Dwight D. Eisenhower -- Eisenhower's White House / Charles J.V. Murphy -- The Day We Didn't Go to War -- The Presidency: The Effect of Eisenhower's Illness on the Functioning of the Executive Branch / James Reston -- Eisenhower as President: A Critical Appraisal of the Record / William V. Shannon -- John F. Kennedy -- A New Style, a New Tempo / Douglass Cater -- The Cabinet: Index to the Kennedy Way / Richard F. Fenno -- Kennedy's Working Staff -- How Mr. Kennedy Gets the Answers / Sidney Hyman -- Lyndon B. Johnson / What's He Like? And How Will He Do? / James Reston -- Men: "Valuable Hunks of Humanity" / Tom Wicker -- The "Inner, Inner Circle" Around Johnson / Ben H. Bagdikian -- LBJs Way: Tears, Not Arm-Twists / William Chapman -- By Courting Congress Assiduously, Johnson Furthers His Program / Alan L. Otten -- Criticism of President's Style, Methods Mounts Among Small but Important Group / Alan L Otten -- Often Moody, Defensive / Carroll Kilpatrick -- Richard M. Nixon -- A Passion for Order and Privacy / Robert B. Semple, Jr. -- The Nixon Style: President Seeks Order in His Decision-Making, but Events Intrude / John Pierson -- Nixon Staff Had Central Role in Missile Decision / Robert B. Semple, Jr. -- Presidential Isolation Is Part of the Job / John Pierson -- The Scorecard: Presidents Cabinet Gets Mixed Reviews for Efforts to Date / Alan L. Otten -- U.S. News & World Report, Nixon's Top Command: Expanding in Size and Power.
ISBN
  • 0394317467
  • 9780394317465
LCCN
72011695
OCLC
  • ocm00514544
  • 514544
  • SCSB-14629784
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library