Presidential authority / by Micah L. Issitt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Issitt, Micah L., author.

Series:

Opinions throughout history.

Opinions throughout history

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Executive power--United States--History.

Executive power.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxvi, 921 pages) : illustrations (some color), portraits.

Place of Publication:

Amenia, New York : Grey House Publishing, [2020]

Summary:

"This volume looks at how American presidents have used the power of the presidency not only to shape America's domestic and foreign policy, but also for personal gain." -- From publisher's description.

Contents:

Defining the presidency: George Washington (1789-1797)

The natural aristocracy: John Adams (1797-1801)

Aristocratic progressivism: Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809)

Father of the constitution: James Madison (1809-1817)

Controlling the Americas: James Monroe (1817-1825)

A populist revolution: John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson (1825-1837)

A conservative division: Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, and John Tyler (1837-1845)

Manifest destiny: James K. Polk (1845-1849)

The last of the Whigs: Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore (1849-1853)

An inevitable collapse: Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan (1853-1861)

Emancipation: Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)

Reconstruction halted: Andrew Johnson (1865-1869)

Corrupt bargains: Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877)

The lost presidents: Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, and Chester A. Arthur (1877-1885)

Popularity and political corruption: Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison(1885-1897)

A state of anarchy: William McKinley (1897-1901)

Natural American history: Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft (1901-1913)

The dawn of internationalism: Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)

The conservative shift: Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover (1921-1933)

New ideas: Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933-1945)

Extreme solutions: Harry S. Truman (1945-1953)

The Cold War hero: Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961)

Civil rights and human rights: John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson (1961-1969)

Thieves and liars: Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford (1969-1977)

Moralistic progressivism: Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)

Acting like a president: Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)

Crime and punishment: George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton (1989-2001)

Empire and archetype: George W. Bush and Barack Obama (2001-2017)

America's business: Donald Trump (2017-)

Conclusion: the limits of power.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781642654516

1642654515

9781787857339

1787857336

OCLC:

1197935959