| Author | : James Still |
| Publisher | : Dramatic Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 68 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Butlers |
| ISBN | : 9781583422298 |
Playbook
Joseph V. Hughes Jr. and Holly O. Hughes Series on the Presidency and Leadership
| Author | : Russell L. Riley |
| Publisher | : Texas A&M University Press |
| Total Pages | : 223 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1603443274 |
Bridging the Constitutional Divide: Inside the White House Office of Legislative Affairs is sure to fascinate, and even to entertain, scholars, students, and general readers interested in the ever-shifting relationship of the presidency to the legislative branch.
A Look Over My Shoulder
| Author | : Richard Helms |
| Publisher | : Presidio Press |
| Total Pages | : 514 |
| Release | : 2004-08-31 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0812971086 |
A Look over My Shoulder begins with President Nixon’s attempt to embroil the Central Intelligence Agency, of which Richard Helms was then the director, in the Watergate cover-up. Helms then recalls his education in Switzerland and Germany and at Williams College; his early career as a foreign correspondent in Berlin, during which he once lunched with Hitler; and his return to newspaper work in the United States. Helms served on the German desk at OSS headquarters in London; subsequently, he was assigned to Allen Dulles’s Berlin office in postwar Germany. On his return to Washington, Helms assumed responsibility for the OSS carryover operations in Germany, Austria, and Eastern Europe. He remained in this post until the Central Intelligence Agency was formed in 1947. At CIA, Helms served in many positions, ultimately becoming the organization’s director from 1966 to 1973. He was appointed ambassador to Iran later that year and retired from government service in January 1977. It was often thought that Richard Helms, who served longer in the Central Intelligence Agency than anyone else, would never tell his story, but here it is–revealing, news-making, and with candid assessments of the controversies and triumphs of a remarkable career.
The Presidents Decoded
| Author | : Katie Kennedy |
| Publisher | : Workman Publishing Company |
| Total Pages | : 250 |
| Release | : 2023-10-17 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 1523525177 |
Ever wonder what the President does? Meet the 45* people who have held the job in this important book that showcases how they each led the country in their time—and features their own thoughts and words through their documents, letters, diaries, speeches and so much more. Some call it the most important job in the world. It's certainly the most powerful. And it's one that every citizen needs to know about because we're the ones who vote to put a president in office. Lively, informative, filled with firsts and facts, big ideas and compelling anecdotes, The Presidents Decoded, is a richly layered guide to the leaders who have shaped our nation. Featuring over 125 primary sources--including documents, speeches, letters, executive orders and diaries--each leader's time in office is broken down and explained to show the what, how and why of our leaders' thoughts, decisions and policies. Familiar documents like the preamble of the Declaration of Independence, The Emancipation Proclamation, and The Fugitive Slave Act — the part of the Compromise of 1850 that set the country on a path to Civil War — are included. But there's also George Washington’s letter to Martha as he learns that he’s been chosen to be the General of the Continental Army, a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt from a desperate family during the Great Depression, a letter from baseball legend Jackie Robinson urging John F. Kennedy to do more for civil rights, and the Executive Order limiting the hours of the federal work day, and so many more. Full-color illustrations bring each president and their time in office to life on the page in their career-defining moments as history marches forward and changes the job — and our way of life — through inventions like the camera, the telephone, the first metal detector, services like the Navy and the Red Cross, and the rise of social media platforms like Twitter. As she did in The Constitution Decoded, Katie Kennedy shines a light on American History, this time through the lens of the leaders who shaped our nation. (*Very clever of you to catch this! the number is off by 1 because Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and the 24th president!)
Governing at Home
| Author | : Michael Nelson |
| Publisher | : University Press of Kansas |
| Total Pages | : 336 |
| Release | : 2011-09-01 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 0700618112 |
Domestic policy issues are neglected by the president only at considerable risk, since policies in health care, education, welfare, the environment, and civil rights deeply affect the lives of ordinary Americans. This groundbreaking book on White House domestic policymaking is the first to draw upon both the experiences of former presidential advisers and the expertise of leading presidency scholars to explain how policies reflect campaign promises, emerge and evolve, and are sold to the American people. Covering six administrations from Richard Nixon through George W. Bush-with ample references to Barack Obama-it interweaves those insider and outsider perspectives to convey an eye-opening understanding of the policymaking process and the factors that influence it. The contributors here offer an unusual balance of practical wisdom and social science knowledge. Their insights address a number of key questions throughout the book: What role does the presidential campaign have in shaping the subsequent activity of the White House? How are the specifics of domestic policy, and priorities, established once a president is elected? Who, and what, is routinely involved in trying to sell domestic policy preferences to the American people? And what lessons can be learned from past successes and failures to enhance the ability of future presidents to succeed? "If there is a single overarching lesson to be drawn from this volume," observes contributor Bruce Miroff, "it might be the following: domestic policymaking is hard." These policy advisers know firsthand just how hard it is, and the lack of partisanship in their comments is striking and reassuring. Their accounts of lessons learned from the Oval Office will be especially valuable for years to come for scholars and students who wish to be acquainted with the real job of governing at home.
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
| Author | : United States. President |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 1058 |
| Release | : 1963 |
| Genre | : Presidents |
| ISBN | : |
"Containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the President", 1956-1992.
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 2000-2001
| Author | : Clinton, William J. |
| Publisher | : Best Books on |
| Total Pages | : 908 |
| Release | : 2000-01-01 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 1623768195 |
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
Public papers of the Presidents of the United States, Richard Nixon, 1971:
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : Government Printing Office |
| Total Pages | : 742 |
| Release | : 1962 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : |
Spine title reads: Public Papers of the Presidents, Richard Nixon, 1971. Contains public messages and statements of the President of the United States released by the White House from January 2-December 30, 1971. Also includes appendices and an index. Item 574-A.
Rubbing Shoulders With Two Presidents
| Author | : Tom Graciano |
| Publisher | : Trafford Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 201 |
| Release | : 2013-06-09 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1466991577 |
The book is a memoir relating the author’s personal experiences as a free-lance journalist working in Jakarta, Indonesia, from 1965 to 1972. The early part of the book describes how he met President Soekarno and became quite close to him during the last year of his presidency. Soekarno made him sit on his chair and his girl friend on his wife’s chair during a performance one night at the president’s summer palace. He told the author, “You play president tonight.” The author also met President Suharto. The president and Mrs. Suharto invited him and a colleague to have lunch with the First Family on Monkey Island, one of the Thousand Islands Group in the Jakarta Bay. Suharto himself drove the car, with his wife next to him, in which the author and his colleague were seated on the passenger seat, on the trip from the president’s residence to the Yacht Club. Then the president was at the helm of the yacht steering her to Monkey Island. These were Indonesia’s first and second heads-of-state, more often than not portrayed by the foreign media as tyrannical and corrupt. But the author got to know the warm, friendly sides of the two leaders which he narrates in the book.
