Maxmillian Angerholzer III serves as president and CEO of the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress (CSPC). He is also a senior adviser and the corporate secretary of the Richard Lounsbery Foundation in Washington, DC.James Kitfield has written on defense, national security, and foreign policy issues for more than two decades. Currently a contributing editor at National Journal, he is a three-time winner of the Gerald R. Ford Award for Distinguished Reporting on National Defense and a five-time winner of the Military Reporters and Editors Association and Medill School of Journalism's top prize for excellence in reporting.Norman Ornstein is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a contributing editor and columnist for National Journal and The Atlantic. Named as one of 2012's Top 100 Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy magazine, Ornstein led a working group that helped shape the campaign finance reform law known as McCain-Feingold.Stephen Skowronek, PhD, is Pelatiah Perit Professor of Political and Social Science at Yale University. He has been a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and has held the chair in American civilization at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris.

For this presidential election year, this book presents an illuminating and timely update.

• IntroductionSection I: The Modern Presidency1 The Constitution and Presidential PrerogativeRichard M. Pious2 White House Rules: The Post–World War II PresidencyJames P. Pfiffner3 The 21st-Century Imperial PresidencyAndrew C. Rudalevige4 The Nature of Presidential LeadershipGeorge C. Edwards III5 Rise of the Vice PresidentRichard M. Yon and Joseph Amoroso6 In the Shadow of the Oval Office: The White House StaffKenneth M. Duberstein7 Behind the Scenes Policy Makers: The Executive BranchSean Gailmard8 Independent Money Managers: Presidents and the Federal ReserveJohn T. Woolley9 No Friends in Black Robes: Presidents and the Supreme CourtStuart S. Taylor, Jr.10 At Opposite Ends of Pennsylvania Avenue: Presidents and CongressRichard E. Cohen11 Social Media Jousting: Presidents and the Modern MediaMajor Garrett12 An Uneasy Alliance: Presidents and Their PartyAlexis SimendingerSection II: The First Hundred Days13 The First Hundred Days: Myth and MystiqueJames P. Pfiffner14 The Original Hundred Days: Franklin D. RooseveltBruce Miroff15 The First Hundred Days: Harry S. TrumanBrian Burnes16 The First Hundred Days: Dwight D. EisenhowerFred I. Greenstein17 The First Hundred Days: John F. KennedyCharles Bartlett18 The First Hundred Days: Lyndon B. JohnsonMichael Beschloss19 The First Hundred Days: Richard NixonLee Huebner20 The First Hundred Days: Gerald FordYanek Mieczkowski21 The First Hundred Days: Jimmy CarterJulian E. Zelizer22 The First Hundred Days: Ronald ReaganLou Cannon23 The First Hundred Days: George H.W. BushJohn P. Burke24 The First Hundred Days: Bill ClintonCharles O. Jones25 The First Hundred Days: George W. BushPeter Baker26 The First Hundred Days: Barack ObamaJonathan AlterSection III: Presidential Domestic Milestones27 Bigger Than the Pyramids: Public Works and the Interstate Highway SystemGeoffrey Perret28 Top Dollar: Building a Global EconomyKatherine Theyson29 Capitalism's Safety Net: Social Security, Medicare, and MedicaidRudolph G. Penner30 "We Shall Overcome": Presidential Leadership and Civil RightsKareem U. Crayton31 A Giant Step for Mankind: The U.S. Space ProgramJeff Foust32 A Tale of Two Presidents: Conservation and Environmental ProtectionWilliam D. Ruckelshaus33 Federal Power and States' Rights: Defining American FederalismLarry N. Gerston, Garrick L. Percival, and Mary Currin-Percival34 Leaving None Behind: The Odyssey of Education ReformJesse H. Rhodes35 Dawn of the Information Age: Presidents and the InternetReed E. Hundt36 Boom and Busts: Presidents and the Politics of EnergyGuy Caruso37 Depression's Shadow: Managing the Great RecessionEdwin M. Truman38 Green Eye Shades in the Oval Office: Presidents and BudgetsStanley E. Collender39 Waging Financial Warfare: Economic Sanctions That WorkJuan C. ZarateSection IV: National Security and Foreign Affairs40 Atlas Ascendant: Building the "American Century"James Kitfield41 The 3 am Phone Call: Presidential Crisis ManagementMichael K. Bohn42 Harry Truman: Cold War ArchitectElizabeth Edwards Spalding43 Dwight D. Eisenhower: The War HeroEvan Thomas44 John F. Kennedy: Bearing Liberty's BurdenLarry J. Sabato45 Lyndon B. Johnson: Committed Warrior Undone by VietnamMarvin Kalb46 Richard Nixon: Deeply Flawed VisionaryJohn Aloysius Farrell47 Gerald Ford: The HealerJames Kitfield48 Jimmy Carter: The Troubled PeacemakerWilliam B. Quandt49 Ronald Reagan: The OverachieverLou Cannon50 George H.W. Bush: Crafting a New World OrderJames Kitfield51 Bill Clinton: A Baby Boomer Takes ChargeCarl Cannon52 George W. Bush: The Decider and DelegatorPeter Baker53 Barack Obama: "Light Footprint," Heavy BurdensDavid E. SangerSection V: Presidential Scandals54 Watergate: Dirty Tricks and Cover-UpsJohn Aloysius Farrell55 Iran-Contra: Saving Reagan's PresidencyDavid M. Abshire56 The Clinton Impeachment: Washington's Scorched Earth PoliticsKirk VictorNotesSelected BibliographyContributorsAcknowledgmentsIndexAbout the Editors

Maxmillian Angerholzer III serves as president and CEO of the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress (CSPC). He is also a senior adviser and the corporate secretary of the Richard Lounsbery Foundation in Washington, DC.James Kitfield has written on defense, national security, and foreign policy issues for more than two decades. Currently a contributing editor at National Journal, he is a three-time winner of the Gerald R. Ford Award for Distinguished Reporting on National Defense and a five-time winner of the Military Reporters and Editors Association and Medill School of Journalism's top prize for excellence in reporting.Norman Ornstein is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a contributing editor and columnist for National Journal and The Atlantic. Named as one of 2012's Top 100 Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy magazine, Ornstein led a working group that helped shape the campaign finance reform law known as McCain-Feingold.Stephen Skowronek, PhD, is Pelatiah Perit Professor of Political and Social Science at Yale University. He has been a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and has held the chair in American civilization at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris.

For this presidential election year, this book presents an illuminating and timely update.

• IntroductionSection I: The Modern Presidency1 The Constitution and Presidential PrerogativeRichard M. Pious2 White House Rules: The Post–World War II PresidencyJames P. Pfiffner3 The 21st-Century Imperial PresidencyAndrew C. Rudalevige4 The Nature of Presidential LeadershipGeorge C. Edwards III5 Rise of the Vice PresidentRichard M. Yon and Joseph Amoroso6 In the Shadow of the Oval Office: The White House StaffKenneth M. Duberstein7 Behind the Scenes Policy Makers: The Executive BranchSean Gailmard8 Independent Money Managers: Presidents and the Federal ReserveJohn T. Woolley9 No Friends in Black Robes: Presidents and the Supreme CourtStuart S. Taylor, Jr.10 At Opposite Ends of Pennsylvania Avenue: Presidents and CongressRichard E. Cohen11 Social Media Jousting: Presidents and the Modern MediaMajor Garrett12 An Uneasy Alliance: Presidents and Their PartyAlexis SimendingerSection II: The First Hundred Days13 The First Hundred Days: Myth and MystiqueJames P. Pfiffner14 The Original Hundred Days: Franklin D. RooseveltBruce Miroff15 The First Hundred Days: Harry S. TrumanBrian Burnes16 The First Hundred Days: Dwight D. EisenhowerFred I. Greenstein17 The First Hundred Days: John F. KennedyCharles Bartlett18 The First Hundred Days: Lyndon B. JohnsonMichael Beschloss19 The First Hundred Days: Richard NixonLee Huebner20 The First Hundred Days: Gerald FordYanek Mieczkowski21 The First Hundred Days: Jimmy CarterJulian E. Zelizer22 The First Hundred Days: Ronald ReaganLou Cannon23 The First Hundred Days: George H.W. BushJohn P. Burke24 The First Hundred Days: Bill ClintonCharles O. Jones25 The First Hundred Days: George W. BushPeter Baker26 The First Hundred Days: Barack ObamaJonathan AlterSection III: Presidential Domestic Milestones27 Bigger Than the Pyramids: Public Works and the Interstate Highway SystemGeoffrey Perret28 Top Dollar: Building a Global EconomyKatherine Theyson29 Capitalism's Safety Net: Social Security, Medicare, and MedicaidRudolph G. Penner30 "We Shall Overcome": Presidential Leadership and Civil RightsKareem U. Crayton31 A Giant Step for Mankind: The U.S. Space ProgramJeff Foust32 A Tale of Two Presidents: Conservation and Environmental ProtectionWilliam D. Ruckelshaus33 Federal Power and States' Rights: Defining American FederalismLarry N. Gerston, Garrick L. Percival, and Mary Currin-Percival34 Leaving None Behind: The Odyssey of Education ReformJesse H. Rhodes35 Dawn of the Information Age: Presidents and the InternetReed E. Hundt36 Boom and Busts: Presidents and the Politics of EnergyGuy Caruso37 Depression's Shadow: Managing the Great RecessionEdwin M. Truman38 Green Eye Shades in the Oval Office: Presidents and BudgetsStanley E. Collender39 Waging Financial Warfare: Economic Sanctions That WorkJuan C. ZarateSection IV: National Security and Foreign Affairs40 Atlas Ascendant: Building the "American Century"James Kitfield41 The 3 am Phone Call: Presidential Crisis ManagementMichael K. Bohn42 Harry Truman: Cold War ArchitectElizabeth Edwards Spalding43 Dwight D. Eisenhower: The War HeroEvan Thomas44 John F. Kennedy: Bearing Liberty's BurdenLarry J. Sabato45 Lyndon B. Johnson: Committed Warrior Undone by VietnamMarvin Kalb46 Richard Nixon: Deeply Flawed VisionaryJohn Aloysius Farrell47 Gerald Ford: The HealerJames Kitfield48 Jimmy Carter: The Troubled PeacemakerWilliam B. Quandt49 Ronald Reagan: The OverachieverLou Cannon50 George H.W. Bush: Crafting a New World OrderJames Kitfield51 Bill Clinton: A Baby Boomer Takes ChargeCarl Cannon52 George W. Bush: The Decider and DelegatorPeter Baker53 Barack Obama: "Light Footprint," Heavy BurdensDavid E. SangerSection V: Presidential Scandals54 Watergate: Dirty Tricks and Cover-UpsJohn Aloysius Farrell55 Iran-Contra: Saving Reagan's PresidencyDavid M. Abshire56 The Clinton Impeachment: Washington's Scorched Earth PoliticsKirk VictorNotesSelected BibliographyContributorsAcknowledgmentsIndexAbout the Editors