The public perception of the First Lady has evolved through the years and the press and scholars are beginning to take note of the essential role p...

The public perception of the First Lady has evolved through the years and the press and scholars are beginning to take note of the essential role p...

The public perception of the First Lady has evolved through the years and the press and scholars are beginning to take note of the essential role p...

The focus of this outstanding book is the politics, economics and social policy of the UK Labour Government of Tony Blair. There is always a proble...

The woman who first brought the issue of spousal abuse to the forefront in Canada presents her memoirs in this interesting, informative, entertaini...

"The Pacificus-Helvidius Debates of 1793-1794" matched Hamilton and Madison in the first chapter of an enduring discussion about the proper roles o...

The Bush Presidencies represent a unique historical challenge for historians and political scientists alike. Not since John Adams and his son John ...

This series gathers and presents original research results on the leading edge in the study of the Presidency of the United States. Each article ha...

This series gathers and presents original research in the study of the Presidency of the United States. Each article has been carefully selected in...

Grover Cleveland was a contradiction to almost everyone but himself. The only member of the Democratic Party to serve as chief executive between th...

Offering a comprehensive look at the power and history of the chief executive, this book also lists other important resources for studying the pres...

The American presidency has become one of the most powerful offices in the world with the ascendancy of American power in the 20th century. This ne...

These essays represent attempts to understand presidential foreign policymaking in a new global context. Within the parameters of the metaphorical ...

Herbert Clark Hoover (10 August 1874-20October 1964), the 31st President of the United States (1929-1933), was a successful mining engineer, the pe...

Herbert Clark Hoover (10 August 1874 - 20 October 1964), the 31st President of the United States (1929-1933), was a successful mining engineer, the...

Although none of his contemporaries considered Buchanan a political genius or a brilliant statesman, many thought in 1856 that he was the right man...

The series 'First Men, America's Presidents' series explains the personal and public life of each President of the United States. Their qualities o...

This series explains the personal and public life of each President of the United States. Their qualities of character and leadership are aptly int...

With the expansion of the federal government since the 1930s and the rise of the United States as a global power in the twentieth century, the need...

With the expansion of the federal government since the 1930s and the rise of the United States as a global power in the twentieth century, the need...

Zachary Taylor (November 24, 1784 - July 9, 1850) was an American military leader and the twelfth President of the United States. Taylor had a 40-y...

Zachary Taylor (24 November 1784-9 July 1850) was an American military leader and the twelfth President of the United States. Taylor's short Presid...

Since the beginning of the federal government, Presidents have called upon executive branch officials to provide them with advice regarding matters...

The Constitution empowers the president to nominate and, with 'the advice and consent of the Senate', to appoint the principal officers of the Unit...

Through the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the federal government currently operates and maintains 13 presidential libraries,...

This book identifies, provides the location of, and briefly describes over 1000 places that are associated with the Presidents of the United States...

The veto power is one of the most important aspects of checks and balances in the United States Government, as it helps the executive branch to che...

One of the key issues facing our republic in this century is the exercise of presidential war powers. The constitutional structure which gives the ...

Alexander Hamilton's thought has, for over two hundred years, been noted for its deviations from American revolutionary Whig orthodoxy. From a conv...

Coming from humble origins in Illinois, Ronald Reagan always carried an optimism that life would get better, and with his education from small Eure...

Second Jackson Administration

For much of British history, kings and queens have taken oaths on the Bible as they were coronated. Symbolically perhaps, President George Washingt...

The ten speeches in this volume illustrate Cicero's entire career and exemplify all the major contexts for his oratory: before the senate, the peop...

The ten speeches in this volume illustrate Cicero's entire career and exemplify all the major contexts for his oratory: before the senate, the peop...

Christened Claudia Alta Taylor when she was born in a country mansion near Karnack, Texas, she received her nickname 'Lady Bird' as a small child; ...

Christened Claudia Alta Taylor when she was born in a country mansion near Karnack, Texas, she received her nickname "Lady Bird" as a small child; ...

Claudia Alta Taylor received her nickname "Lady Bird" as a small child and as "Lady Bird" she is known and loved throughout America today. "Bird" w...

â€A cross-country road rally of 100,000 automobiles â€A continuous political parade from the Atlantic to the Pacific â€A story about the famous Lin...

Here, in a single volume, is a selection of the classic critiques of the new Constitution penned by such ardent defenders of states' rights and per...

Through substantial selections from Jefferson's writings--including his earliest writings, Notes on Virginia , and key public papers and personal c...

Through substantial selections from Jefferson's writings--including his earliest writings, Notes on Virginia , and key public papers and personal c...

No competing edition of The Federalist offers nearly as much help in grasping Publius' arguments in defense of the new but unratified United States...