History 743: The American Presidency
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  1. The Presidency at the Convention

    2. McDonald, The American Presidency, pp. 12-244.

  2. The Framers’ Presidency in Practice

    3. McDonald, The American Presidency, pp. 12-244 (cont.).

  3. The Presidency Under Trial

    4. Donald, Lincoln

  4. Theodore Roosevelt and the Modern Presidency

    5. Cooper, The Warrior and the Priest, pp. 69-88, 109-129, 143-228.

  5. Woodrow Wilson and the Modern Presidency

    6. Cooper, The Warrior and the Priest, pp. 229-364.

  6. FDR, Truman, and the Administrative State

    7. Leuchtenburg, In the Shadow of FDR, pp. 1-40.

    *Brinkley, The End of Reform

    McDonald, The American Presidency, pp. 315-345.

     

  7. John Kennedy and the Cold War Presidency

    8. McDonald, The American Presidency, pp. 382-424.

    *Logevall, Choosing War.

    *Gaddis, Strategies of Containment.

    *Rabe, The Most Dangerous Area of the World.

     

  8. Lyndon Johnson and the Legislative Presidency

    9. McDonald, The American Presidency, pp. 346-381.

    LBJ transcripts

     

  9. Richard Nixon and the Discredited Presidency

    10. McDonald, The American Presidency, pp. 280-314.

    *Kutler, The Wars of Watergate

     

  10. Ronald Reagan and the Revival of the Presidency

    11. *Cannon, Reagan

    a conservative view of Dutch
    CNN's Bill Schneider on Reagan's appeal
    a liberal view of Reagan
    a conservative view of Reagan's legacy
  11. The Clinton Presidential Legacy

    12. Web readings