Virginia Papers on the Presidency

An investigation of the many sides of presidential leadership: the role as chief executive and the nation's political leader, as head of his own party, and as leader of a free people in world affairs. Table of Contents: Preface, Kenneth W. Thompson, Director, White Burkett Miller Center; Introduction, Kenneth W. Thompson; The President and Political Leadership, former President Gerald R. Ford; The President and Congress, former President Gerald R. Ford; The President and the Cabinet, Clifford M. Hardin, former Secretary of Agriculture in the Nixon Administration; The President and Policymaking: The Middle East, Najeeb E. Halaby, FAA Administrator; The President and Communications: The Media and the Political Process, Sander Vanocur, ABC diplomatic correspondent; Concluding Observations, Kenneth W. Thompson. Co-published with the Miller Center of Public Affairs.