The power of the American presidency : 1789-2000

Preface ; 1. "A Republic, If You Can Keep IT" ; 2. The Foundational Presidency: George Washington to John Quincy Adams ; 3. Democratization to Decline/Crisis to Enlargement: Andrw Jackson to Abraham Lincoln ; 4. Reaction and Shrinking/The World Stage and Enlargement: Andrew Jackson to Woodrow Wilson ; 5. Republicanizatin and Retreat/Crisis and the Creation of the 'Modern' Presidency: Warren Harding to FDR ; 6. The Cold War/Heroic Presidency: Harry S. Truman to John F. Kennedy ; 7. An Imperial to an Imperiled Presidency: LBJ to Ronald Reagan ; 8. The Post Cold War Paradox: George Bush to Bill Clinton ; 9. Conclusion: The Presidency in the New Millennium ; Appendix ; Selected Bibliography ; Index