Life does not stop simply because someone becomes president. Death, illness, sadness, and scandal affect every president and his family--often during their time in office. Yet the work of the nation and the pressures of the job do not cease simply because a president suffers, though their reaction, suffering, and perseverance often alters the course of American history.
Life does not stop simply because someone becomes president. Death, illness, sadness, and scandal affect every president and his family--often during their time in office. Yet the work of the nation and the pressures of the job do not cease simply because a president suffers, though their reaction, suffering, and perseverance often alters the course of American history.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Jeffrey A. Engel is Director of the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University. Thomas J. Knock is Professor of History and Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor of Foreign Relations at Southern Methodist University.
Inhaltsangabe
* Introduction * Jeffrey A. Engel and Thomas J. Knock * 1 A Crisis of His Own Contrivance: Andrew Jackson's Break with John C. Calhoun * Daniel Feller * 2 "I am President:" John Tyler, Presidential Succession, the Crisis of Legitimacy, * and the Defense of Presidential Power * Aaron Scott Crawford * 3 Personal Loss and Franklin Pierce's Presidency * Michael Holt * 4 Abraham Lincoln and the Death of His Son Willie * Michael Burlingame * 5 "One Long Wilderness of Despair": * Woodrow Wilson's Stroke and the League of Nations * Thomas J. Knock * 6 Calvin Coolidge: "When he went the power and the glory * of the Presidency went with him." * Amity Shlaes * 7 The Splendid Deception of "Doctor" Roosevelt * Frank Costigliola * 8 The Kennedy Family through Sickness and Death * David Nasaw * 9 The Politics of the Personal: Lyndon Johnson at Home and Abroad * Randall B. Woods * 10 A Depressed and Self-Destructive President: Richard Nixon in the White House * Jeremi Suri * 11 Governing during a Time of Crisis: The Reagan Presidency * Kiron K. Skinner * 12 The Clintons: The Politics of the Personal * William Chafe
* Introduction * Jeffrey A. Engel and Thomas J. Knock * 1 A Crisis of His Own Contrivance: Andrew Jackson's Break with John C. Calhoun * Daniel Feller * 2 "I am President:" John Tyler, Presidential Succession, the Crisis of Legitimacy, * and the Defense of Presidential Power * Aaron Scott Crawford * 3 Personal Loss and Franklin Pierce's Presidency * Michael Holt * 4 Abraham Lincoln and the Death of His Son Willie * Michael Burlingame * 5 "One Long Wilderness of Despair": * Woodrow Wilson's Stroke and the League of Nations * Thomas J. Knock * 6 Calvin Coolidge: "When he went the power and the glory * of the Presidency went with him." * Amity Shlaes * 7 The Splendid Deception of "Doctor" Roosevelt * Frank Costigliola * 8 The Kennedy Family through Sickness and Death * David Nasaw * 9 The Politics of the Personal: Lyndon Johnson at Home and Abroad * Randall B. Woods * 10 A Depressed and Self-Destructive President: Richard Nixon in the White House * Jeremi Suri * 11 Governing during a Time of Crisis: The Reagan Presidency * Kiron K. Skinner * 12 The Clintons: The Politics of the Personal * William Chafe
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