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Tables of Contents for The American President
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
vii
 
A Personal Journey
xi
 
Hugh Sidey
Foreword
xii
 
Stephen Skowronek
Introduction
xiv
 
Richard E. Neustadt
THE CANDIDATE
The Heroic Posture
2
46
America's First Hero
6
12
George Washington
A Manufactured Hero
18
6
William Henry Harrison
In Over His Head
24
12
Ulysses S. Grant
The Heroic Image
36
12
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Compromise Choices
48
38
The Dark Horse President
52
6
Franklin Pierce
Awaiting Destiny
58
10
James A. Garfield
``I Should Never Have Been Here''
68
10
Warren G. Harding
Healing the Nation
78
8
Gerald R. Ford
POLITICS AND THE PRESIDENCY
The Professional Politician
86
42
``The Little Magician''
90
6
Martin Van Buren
``Avoiding Conflict''
96
8
James Buchanan
Politics with a Purpose
104
14
Abraham Lincoln
The Art of Political Bluster
118
10
Lyndon B. Johnson
An Independent Cast of Mind
128
36
Going It Alone
132
8
John Adams
``Old Rough and Ready''
140
8
Zachary Taylor
``No Fondness for a Political Life''
148
8
Rutherford B. Hayes
The Outsider
156
8
Jimmy Carter
A MATTER OF DESTINY
Family Ties
164
42
His Father's Son
168
6
John Quincy Adams
``Nobody's Grandson''
174
10
Benjamin Harrison
Possession by Right
184
12
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Vindicating the Irish
196
10
John F. Kennedy
Happenstance
206
52
Establishing the Precedent
210
8
John Tyler
``Called by a Bereavement''
218
6
Millard Fillmore
``Elect of an Assassin''
224
14
Andrew Johnson
``Gentleman Boss''
238
10
Chester A. Arthur
American Optimist
248
10
Harry S. Truman
EXECUTIVE VISION
The American Way
258
44
His ``Empire of Liberty''
262
10
Thomas Jefferson
Preacher of Prosperity
272
10
Calvin Coolidge
American Individualist
282
10
Herbert C. Hoover
An American Dreamer
292
10
Ronald Reagan
The World Stage
302
44
A Vision for the Hemisphere
306
6
James Monroe
Reluctant Apostle
312
12
William McKinley
American Idealist
324
12
Woodrow Wilson
Personal Contact
336
10
George Bush
AN OFFICE AND ITS POWERS
Expanding Power
346
50
The Power of the People
350
10
Andrew Jackson
``Ugly Honest''
360
12
Grover Cleveland
``Rough Rider''
372
14
Theodore Roosevelt
Abuse of Power
386
10
Richard M. Nixon
The Balance of Power
396
46
Creating the Balance
400
8
James Madison
``Young Hickory''
408
10
James K. Polk
Preserving the Balance
418
12
William Howard Taft
Second Chances
430
12
William Jefferson Clinton
Chronology of the President
442
2
Selected Constitutional Passages
444
4
Acknowledgments
448
2
Selected Bibliography
450
10
Index
460
15
Picture Sources
475