Post-Cold War Presidency

Anthony J. Eksterowicz is professor of political science at James Madison University. Glenn P. Hastedt is professor of political science at James Madison University.

A diverse, edifying, and timely collection of essays which provide scholarly insight on the American presidency since the end of the Cold War. The editors have done an admirable job in taking such seemingly disparate essay topics and organizing them in a coherent manner. These essays provide excellent analysis of the topic, and through their eclectic nature, reflect the diversity of approaches taken towards understanding this institution that has been influenced by the end of the Cold War.

• Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Introduction Part 3 From Cold War to Global Presidency Chapter 4 Strategies for Presidential Leadership in the Post–Cold War Era Chapter 5 The Foreign Policy Presidency after the Cold War: New Uncertainty and Old Problems Chapter 6 Distracting Public Attention: Foreign Policy and the UN Chapter 7 The Incredible Shrinking Image: From Cold War to Globalist Presidency Part 8 The Post–Cold War Economic Presidency Chapter 9 The New Economy, the End of the Cold War, and Presidential Evaluations Chapter 10 Economic Intelligence and the CIA Part 11 The Post–Cold War Institutional Presidency Chapter 12 Formal Executive Power: The Contemporary Presidency Chapter 13 The White House Legislative Liaison Office: An Opportunity for Foreign Policy Inter-Branch Collaboration in the Post–Cold War Era Part 14 The Presidency and the Person Chapter 15 From Character to Convenience: What Really Matters in Presidential Politics Chapter 16 Bill Clinton as Warren Harding: The Post-War President as a Problem in American Political Development