xv, [369] pages ; 28 cm

Includes index

Basic reference sources -- Selected government documents on the modern presidency / James Fetzer -- Compendia -- General discussions of the Presidency -- Comparisons with other executives -- Comparisons of American presidencies -- Franklin D. Roosevelt and his administration -- Harry S. Truman and his administration -- Dwight D. Eisenhower and his administration -- John F. Kennedy and his administration -- Lyndon B. Johnson and his administration -- Richard M. Nixon and his administration -- Gerald R. Ford and his administration -- Presidential recruitment -- Presidential style and personality -- Advisory institutions and processes -- Presidential constituencies -- Presidential powers and restraints -- The vice presidency -- Proposals to change the presidency -- Additional aspects of the presidency

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