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5. Connecting to and leading the government
Charles O. Jones
in The American Presidency: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
Presidents face numerous challenges as they endeavor to meet expectations of leadership beyond given powers. “Connecting to and leading the government” shows how the presidency manages the ...
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2. The presidency
Richard M. Valelly
in American Politics: A Very Short Introduction
‘The presidency’ explores how presidents communicate with the American public. Presidential activity such as engaging in townhall style meetings, weekly radio addresses or webcasts, or ...
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American History: A Very Short Introduction
Paul S. Boyer
American History: A Very Short Introduction spans the earliest migrations to the present looking at the United States's failures to live up to its oft-stated ideals. The ...
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7. Reform, change, and prospects for the future
Charles O. Jones
in The American Presidency: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
The presidency is regarded by many to be the most powerful branch in the separated system. Of the three branches, Congress is most prone to propose reforms as it competes with the ...
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The American Presidency: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
Charles O. Jones
The Founding Fathers were dedicated to the project of creating an American government both functional and incapable of devolving into tyranny. To do this, they intentionally decentralized ...
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5. From confrontation to detente, 1958–68
Robert McMahon
in The Cold War: A Very Short Introduction
In the late 1950s, the Cold War entered perhaps its most perilous phase, with the danger of nuclear war at its most intense. ‘From confrontation to détente, 1958–68’ charts the course of ...
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9. To the present
Paul S. Boyer
in American History: A Very Short Introduction
History doesn't end, it just continues. Each era seems to be the one of the most significant change. The end of the 1960s led to an era of disorientation in the United States. ‘To the ...
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8. 1945–1968: Affluence and social unrest
Paul S. Boyer
in American History: A Very Short Introduction
America in the immediate postwar period was a peculiar mix of material abundance and mass-culture distractions. Under the safety net of 1950s America, anti-communist paranoia and disquiet ...
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