Presidential Studies Quarterly articles from March 1997

Presidential Studies Quarterly archives from March 1997

Leadership by exemplar: Reagan's FDR and Thatcher's Churchill.
March 22, 1997... As prominent as the fall of communism and the struggles for democratization in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union have been, there were two "revolutions" in the West that immediately preceded the close of the Cold War. The Reagan and...

George Washington's pre-presidential statesmanship, 1783-1789.
March 22, 1997... Between the close of the Revolutionary War and ratification of the Constitution, did George Washington "take a lead in re-forming the Union, or was he merely brought in, so to speak, in an honorary capacity?"(1) As Marcus Cunliffe suggests,...

On the comparison of presidential and parliamentary governments.
March 22, 1997... Comparison of the French and American presidencies has been made more difficult than it needs to be by confusion over the essential differences between presidential and parliamentary government. Classic textbook definitions, such as the...

Unified government, the two presidencies thesis, and presidential support in the Senate: an analysis of President Clinton's first two years.
March 22, 1997... In an article published in 1966, Aaron Wildavsky attempted to systematize the study of presidential performance in the legislative arena by dividing presidential legislative proposals into two categories: foreign and domestic policy.(1)...

Executive clemency in the United States: origins, development, and analysis. (1900-1993)
March 22, 1997... The Constitution vests the President of the United States with "power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment" (art. ii, sec. 2). The granting of pardons, reprieves, and other...

Executive privilege in the Carter Administration: the "open" presidency and secrecy policy.
March 22, 1997... The Watergate crisis brought the doctrine of executive privilege--the right of the president to withhold information from the coordinate branches of government and ultimately the public--to the forefront of political discourse in the United...

Awaiting rehabilitation: the Carter presidency in political science textbooks.
March 22, 1997... Jimmy Carter was sworn in as president in 1977 amid high expectations. After the unprecedented damage inflicted on the presidency by the twin tragedies of the Vietnam war and the Watergate scandal, official lies and deceptions had left many...

On behalf of the president: four factors affecting the success of the presidential press secretary.
March 22, 1997... In the fall of 1957, Journalism Review printed an article entitled "President Eisenhower and his Press Secretary," which examined "the more authoritative role" played by Eisenhower's press secretary, James C. Hagerty. After noting the able...

On the way out: interregnum presidential activity.
March 22, 1997... The presidential interregnum refers to the activities of the outgoing administration during the period between the election and the inauguration of a new president. A presidential interregnum can be contrasted with a presidential transition...

Dwight Eisenhower and the new deal: the politics of preemption.
March 22, 1997... In The Politics That Presidents Make, Stephen Skowronek argues that presidents should be compared as a result of similarities in their historical/political circumstances rather than their proximate time in history. Specifically, Skowronek...

The presidency and the promotion of domestic crisis: John Kennedy's management of the 1962 steel crisis.
March 22, 1997... In March 1962, the United Steelworkers of America reached an early labor settlement with the U.S. steel industry. The contract included no increase in wage rates, but provided fringe benefit improvements that amounted to an increase of 10...

In defense of Raoal Berger. (comment of previous article and topic)
March 22, 1997... More than two decades ago Raoul Berger published his now classic treatise on executive Privilege.(1) Berger's thesis was that the doctrine of executive privilege--especially as it pertained to the withholding of information from Congress--is...

Treachery in Dallas.
March 22, 1997... WALT BROWN, (New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., 1995), x + 435 pp. $26.00 cloth (ISBN 0-7867-0238-9). Most Kennedy assassination buffs will be happy to learn that the list of books treating the event and questioning the official...

Referenced Index Guide to the Warren Commission.
March 22, 1997... WALT BROWN, (Wilmington, DE: Delmax, 1995), 303 pp. $30.00 cloth (ISBN 1-887-934-00-6). Most Kennedy assassination buffs will be happy to learn that the list of books treating the event and questioning the official explanation continues to...

Killing Kennedy and the Hoax of the Century.
March 22, 1997... HARRISON EDWARD LIVINGSTON, (New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., 1995), xix + 458 pp. $28.00 cloth (ISBN 0-7867-0195-1). Most Kennedy assassination buffs will be happy to learn that the list of books treating the event and questioning...

From the Shadows: The Ultimate Insider's Story of Five Presidents and How They Won the Cold War.
March 22, 1997... ROBERT M. GATES (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996), 604 pp. including notes and index, illustrated $30.00 cloth (ISBN 0-684-81081-6). These books should be read in conjunction with the Institute for Diplomacy's Embassies Under Siege:...

On the Brink: The Dramatic Saga of How the Reagan Administration Changed the Course of History and Won the Cold War.
March 22, 1997... JAY WINIK (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996), 672 pp. including notes on sources and bibliography, index $30.00 cloth (ISBN 0-684-80982-6). These books should be read in conjunction with the Institute for Diplomacy's Embassies Under Siege:...

In Confidence: Moscow's Ambassador to America's Six Cold War Presidents.
March 22, 1997... ANATOLY DOBRYNIN (New York: Random House/Times Books, 1995), xv + 672 pp., including appendix and index, $30.00 cloth (ISBN 0-8129-2328-6). The scholarship surrounding the American-Soviet relationship in the final stages of the Cold War, and...

Autopsy on an Empire: The American Ambassador's Account of the Collapse of the Soviet Union.
March 22, 1997... JACK F. MATLOCK, JR., The American Ambassador's Account Of the Collapse of the Soviet Union (New York: Random House, 1995), ix + 838 pp., including acknowledgments, names and transliteration, chronology, dramatis personae, notes, bibliography and...

Intervention! The United States and the Mexican Revolution, 1913-1917.
March 22, 1997... JOHN S. D. EISENHOWER, (New York: W.W. Norton, 1993), 393 pp. $27.50 (ISBN 0-393-03573-5). In the past few years the debate over NAFTA, the events and controversies surrounding the presidential election in Mexico, the collapse of the peso,...

Madhouse: The Private Turmoil of Working for the President.
March 22, 1997... JEFFREY H. BIRNBAUM, (New York: Random House, 1996), 261 pp. $25.00 cloth (ISBN: 0-8129-2325-1). Time magazine reporter Jeffrey Birnbaum presents a glimpse into the lives of six aides in the Clinton White House in this lively account, and...

Roosevelt's Warrior: Harold L. Ickes and the New Deal.
March 22, 1997... JEANNE NIENABER CLARKE, (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996), 377 + pp. $39.95 cloth (0-8018-5094-0). Harold Ickes is, thus far, the most important national figure to hail from Altoona, Pennsylvania. A self-styled...

David Brinkley: A Memoir.
March 22, 1997... DAVID BRINKLEY, (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995), 273 pp. $25.00 cloth (ISBN 0-679-40693-X). This is an amiable remembrance. Despite some dark shadows--a father who died when he was eight, a mother who was cold and constrained, an ex-wife...

Kennedy and Nixon: The Rivalry That Shaped Postwar America.
March 22, 1997... CHRISTOPHER MATTHEWS, (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1996), 377 pp. $25.00 cloth (ISBN 0-684-81030-1). The political rivalry between John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon, writes journalist Christopher Matthews, pitted "a Mozart against a...

The New American Voter.
March 22, 1997... WARREN E. MILLER AND J. MERRILL SHANKS, (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1996), xxviii + 640 pp. $39.96 cloth (ISBN 0-674-60840-2) $19.95 paper (ISBN 0-674-69841-0). This is an important book by two important political scientists....

Jimmy Carter as Peacemaker: A Post-Presidential Biography.
March 22, 1997... ROD TROESTER, (Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 1996), 181 pp. $55.00 cloth (ISBN 0-275-95444-7). There is no doubt that Jimmy Carter has been a more popular ex-president than president. His humanitarian work since he left the presidency...

Jimmy Carter: American Moralist.
March 22, 1997... KENNETH E. MORRIS, (Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1996), 397 pp. including bibliography, index, and notes, $29.95 cloth (ISBN 0-8203-1862-0). Jimmy Carter would have been an outstanding minister. As president, however, he is...

The Life of Herbert Hoover: Master of Emergencies, 1917-1918.
March 22, 1997... GEORGE H. NASH, 1917-1918 (New York: Norton, 1996), 504 + pp. $45.00 cloth (ISBN 0-393-03841-6). The book at hand is the third volume of George H. Nash's on-going biography of Herbert Hoover. This volume examines Hoover's service as head of...

FDR and the Holocaust.
March 22, 1997... Verne W. Newton, ed., (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996), 278 + pp. $49.95 cloth (ISBN 0-312-12226-8). This slender volume poses questions concerning FDR's awareness of and response to the Holocaust. The work results from a two-day...

Fighting With Allies: America and Britain at Peace and War.
March 22, 1997... ROBIN RENWICK, (New York: Times Books, 1996), 496 pp. $35.00 cloth (ISBN 0-8129-2709-5). Toward the end of his life, Harry Hopkins, (special aide to Franklin D. Roosevelt summarized his view of U.S. foreign policy interests with the...

Mrs. Ike: Memories and Reflections on the Life of Mamie Eisenhower.
March 22, 1997... SUSAN EISENHOWER, (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1996), 392 + pp. $25.00 cloth (ISBN 0-374-21514-6). Mamie Eisenhower always considered herself as just Mrs. Ike, never as Mrs. General Eisenhower, and never took advantage of her...

War Without Bloodshed: The Art of Politics.(Brief Article)
March 22, 1997... ELEANOR CLIFT AND TOM BRAZAITIS, (New York: Scribner, 1996), 400 pp. $25.00 cloth (ISBN: 0-684-80084-5). Two Washington journalists offer profiles of eight Washington insiders: pollsters Frank Luntz and Stan Greenberg, lobbyists Michael...

Great American Presidents, Vol.1.(Brief Article)
March 22, 1997... KENNETH W THOMPSON, ED., (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1995), xv + 239 pp. $24.50 paper (ISBN 0-8191-9885-4) $54.00 cloth (ISBN 0-8191-9884-6). Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Madison, John Quincy Adams, and Polk are the...

News and Newsmaking.(Brief Article)
March 22, 1997... STEPHEN HESS, (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Books, 1996), 135 + pp. $24.95 hardcover. (ISBN 0-8157-3634-7). News & Newsmaking is a compilation of sixteen essays by Brookings Senior Fellow, Stephen Hess. The essays span nearly fourteen years...