Triumphs and Tragedies of the Modern Presidency: Seventy-Six Case Studies in Presidential Leadership

by David M. Abshire (Editor)

In early 2000, the Center for the Study of the Presidency organized a group of eminent scholars to examine key cases of Presidential success and failure and the lessons learned. Leading presidential researchers and writers provided 76 case studies organized in nine broad subject areas. After surveying the broad sweep of presidential concerns, the scholars examine the First One Hundred Days of an Administration from FDR onward. They then review Executive-Legislative Relations, Domestic Policy, Fiscal Policy and International Economics, National Security Institutions and Decision Making, Foreign Interventions and Interactions, Managing the Executive Branch, Presidential The Use of Individuals Across Administrations; and Presidential Watergate, Iran-Contra, and Impeachment. Must reading for executive branch figures and scholars, researchers, and the interested public concerned with presidential issues and American political history.

Genres: Politics

352 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[matt · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was remarkably boring. Its structure, a collection of essays by multiple writers, made it difficult to find flow reading this one. I think a more cohesive book about similar topics could be pretty compelling, though. 2.5/5