Emphasizes the presidency and underlying American values. Table of Contents: Preface Kenneth W. Thompson; ^IIntroduction, Kenneth W. Thompson; Roosevelt to Reagan: A Reporter's Encounter with Nine Presidents, Hedley W. Donovan; Reagan at the Crossroads, Lou Cannon; The President, the Congress and the Internal Revenue Service, The Honorable Mortimer Caplin; The Presidency and Science Advising, Gerard Piel; Secrecy and Democracy, Admiral Stansfield Turner; Concluding Observations, Kenneth W. Thompson.
