Matthew J. Dickinson

Bitter Harvest

FDR, Presidential Power and the Growth of the Presidential Branch

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book outlines Franklin Roosevelt's White House staff organization.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 615g
• ISBN-13: 9780521481939
• ISBN-10: 0521481937
• Artikelnr.: 26432194

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Presidential Power and Presidential Staff: Concepts and
Controversies: Introduction: the fruits of his labor? FDR and the growth of
the presidential branch; 1. Bitter harvest: the presidential branch and the
Iran-Contra Affair; Part II. From Cabinet to Presidential Government,
1933-1939: 2. Creating the resource gap: bargaining costs and the first New
Deal, 1933-1935; 3. The President needs help: the Brownlow Committee frames
the Roosevelt Response; Part III. Testing the System: The War Years
1939-1945: 4. Preparing for war: economic mobilization; 5. Managing war
production; 6. FDR and the rise of the National Security Bureaucracy; 7.
The Commander-in-Chief; Part IV. Lessons and Considerations: 8. Competitive
adhocracy: the principles and theoretical implications of FDR's staff use;
Epilogue: Roosevelt Redux?: a research agenda; Bibliography.