In the 2nd ed. Michael Nelson's name came first. Includes bibliographical references (p. 642-648) and index.
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Adams, Abigail -- Adams, John -- Adams, John Quincy -- Agnew, Spiro T. -- Agriculture Department -- Air Force One -- Appointment and Removal Power (Executive Branch) -- Arthur, Chester A. -- Article II -- Assassinations and Assaults -- Background of Presidents -- Barkley, Alben W. -- Bell, John -- Blaine, James G. -- Blair House -- Breckinridge, John C. -- Brownlow Committee -- Bryan, William Jennings -- Buchanan, James -- Buckley v. Valeo -- Budget process -- Bureaucracy -- Burr, Aaron -- Bush, Barbara -- Bush, George H.W. -- Bush, George W. -- Bush, Laura -- Bush v. Gore -- Cabinet -- Calhoun, John C. -- Camp David -- Campaign debates -- Campaign financing -- Carter, Jimmy -- Carter, Rosalynn -- Central Intelligence Agency -- Cheney, Richard B. -- Chief of Staff -- Chief of State -- Civil service -- Civil War -- Clay, Henry -- Cleveland, Grover -- Clinton v. Jones -- Clinton, Bill -- Clinton, George -- Clinton, Hillary Rodham -- Colfax, Schuyler -- Commerce Department -- Commissions, Presidential -- Congress and the Presidency -- Congressional Caucus (King Caucus) -- Constitutional powers and provisions -- Coolidge, Calvin -- Counsel to the President -- Court-Packing Plan -- Courts and the President -- Crawford, William Harris -- Curtis, Charles -- Daily and family life -- Dallas, George M. -- Davis, Jefferson -- Dawes, Charles G. -- Death of the President -- Debs, Eugene V. -- Defense Department -- Delegate selection reforms -- Dewey, Thomas E. -- Diplomatic powers -- Disability Amendment -- Doctrines, Presidential -- Dole, Robert J. -- Douglas, Stephen A. -- Economic Advisers, Council of -- Economic powers -- Education Department -- Eisenhower, Dwight D. -- Elections and campaigns -- Elections chronology -- Electoral college -- Emancipation Proclamation -- Emergency powers -- Energy Department -- Environmental Protection Agency -- Ethics -- Executive agreements -- Executive office buildings -- Executive office of the President -- Executive orders -- Executive privilege -- Fairbanks, Charles W. -- Fair Deal -- Farewell addresses -- Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Federal Election Commission -- Federalist Papers -- Federal Reserve System -- Ferraro, Geraldine A. -- Fillmore, Millard -- First hundred days -- First Ladies -- Ford, Betty -- Ford, Gerald R. -- Former Presidents -- Garfield, James A. -- Garner, John Nance -- Gerry, Elbridge -- Goldwater, Barry M. -- Gore, Albert, Jr. -- Grant, Ulysses S. -- Great Depression -- Great Society -- Group of Eight -- "Hail to the chief" -- Hamdan v. Rumsfeld -- Hamilton, Alexander -- Hamlin, Hannibal -- Harding, Warren G. -- Harrison, Benjamin -- Harrison, William Henry -- Hayes, Rutherford B. -- Health and Human Services Department -- Hendricks, Thomas A. -- Historic milestones of the Presidency -- Hobart, Garret A. -- Homeland Security Department -- Honeymoon period -- Hoover, Herbert C. -- Hoover Commissions -- Housing and Urban Development Department -- Hughes, Charles Evans -- Humphrey, Hubert H. -- Humphrey's Executor v. United States -- Hurricane Katrina -- Immigrations and Naturalization Service v. Chadha -- Impeachment -- Impoundment -- Inauguration -- Independent counsel -- Independent executive agencies -- Independent regulatory agencies -- Interest groups and the Presidency -- Interior Department -- Iran-Contra Affair -- Iraq War (Operation Iraqi Freedom) -- Jackson, Andrew -- Japanese American internment -- Jefferson, Thomas -- Johnson, Andrew -- Johnson, Lady Bird -- Johnson, Lyndon B. -- Johnson, Richard M. -- Joint Chiefs of Staff -- Justice Department -- Kennedy, Jacqueline -- Kennedy, John F. -- Kerry, John -- King, William R. -- Kitchen cabinet -- Korean War -- La Follette, Robert M. -- Labor Department -- Lame Duck -- Landon, Alfred -- Law enforcement powers -- Legislative veto -- Libraries -- Lincoln, Abraham -- Lincoln, Mary Todd -- Line-item veto -- Louisiana Purchase -- McCarthy, Eugene J. -- McClellan, George B. -- McGovern, George S. -- McKinley, William -- Madison, Dolley -- Madison, James -- Management and Budget, Office of -- Marshall, Thomas R. -- Martial law -- Media and the Presidency -- Memorials, Presidential -- Mexican-American War of 1846 -- Midterm elections -- Milligan, Ex parte -- Mondale, Walter F. -- Monroe, James -- Monroe Doctrine -- Morton, Levi P. -- Myers v. United States -- National Archives and Records Administration -- National bank -- National Economic Council -- National Intelligence, Office of the Director of -- National party conventions -- National security adviser -- National Security Council -- Neutrality Proclamation of 1793 -- New Deal -- New Freedom -- New Frontier -- Nixon, Pat -- Nixon, Richard -- Nuclear command procedures -- Oath of office -- Pardon power -- Party leader -- Patronage -- Perot, H. Ross -- Persian Gulf War (Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm) -- Personnel Management, Office of -- Pierce, Franklin -- Political Action Committee (PACs) -- Political parties -- Polk, James K. -- Presidential greatness -- Presidential Medal of Freedom -- Press conferences -- Press Secretary, Presidential -- Primaries and caucuses -- Proclamations and endorsements -- Public opinion and the Presidency -- Qualifications of the President and Vice President -- Quayle, Dan -- Reagan, Nancy -- Reagan, Ronald -- Reconstruction -- Religion and the Presidency -- Rockefeller, Nelson A. -- Roosevelt, Eleanor -- Roosevelt, Franklin D. -- Roosevelt, Theodore -- Rumsfeld, Donald H. -- Salary and perquisites -- Seals of office -- Secret Service -- Senate election of the Vice President -- Senatorial courtesy -- Separation of powers -- Sherman, James S. -- Signing statements -- Smith, Alfred E. -- Spanish-American War of 1898 -- Speeches and rhetoric -- Square Deal -- Staff -- State Department -- State of the Union address -- Stevenson, Adlai E. -- Stevenson, Adlai E., II -- Stewardship theory -- Succession -- Summit meetings -- Taft, William Howard -- Taylor, Zachary -- Teapot Dome Scandal -- Tennessee Valley Authority -- Term of office -- Third parties -- Thurmond, J. Strom -- Tilden, Samuel J. -- Titles of the President and Vice President -- Tompkins, Daniel D. -- Tonkin Gulf Resolution -- Trade policy -- Trade Representative, Office of the U.S. -- Transition period -- Transportation Department -- Travel -- Treasury Department -- Treaty power -- Truman, Harry S. -- Tyler, John -- Unitary executive theory -- United Nations -- United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. -- United States v. Nixon -- Van Buren, Martin -- Veteran Affairs Department -- Veto power -- Vice President -- Vice-Presidential residence -- Vietnam War -- Wallace, George C. -- Wallace, Henry A. -- War of 1812 -- War on Terrorism -- War powers -- War Powers Act of 1973 -- Warren Commission -- Washington, George -- Washington, Martha -- Watergate Affair -- Weaver, James B. -- Wheeler, William A. -- Whiskey Rebellion -- Whiskey Ring Scandal -- White House -- Whitewater investigation -- Willkie, Wendell L. -- Wilson, Edith -- Wilson, Henry -- Wilson, Woodrow -- World War I -- World War II -- Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer -- Zapruder film -- Reference material -- U.S. Presidents and Vice Presidents -- Backgrounds of U.S. Presidents, 1789-2007 -- Summary of Presidential elections, 1789-2004 -- Party affiliations in Congress and the Presidency -- Presidential Cabinets, 1789-2007 -- U.S. Government organizational chart -- Federal Internet gateways and search engines -- Constitution of the United States.
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Presents over 300 entries related to the United States presidency, including biographies of every president, election coverage and analysis, presidential policies and platforms, and presidential relations.
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