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The Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant
Price: $37.99
Pub Date: May 12, 2023
Format: Paperback
736 Pages
A detailed analysis of Grant’s eight years in the White House, the book examines his policies and actions in numerous areas such as Reconstruction, economic policy, civil service reform, and foreign affairs.
The Presidency of George W. Bush
Price: $54.99
Pub Date: October 15, 2021
Format: Hardcover
440 Pages
The first balanced academic study to analyze the entirety of the presidency of George W. Bush—domestic, social, economic, and national security policies—as well as the administration’s reactions to the attacks of 11 September 2001 and the subsequent “War on Terror.”
The Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt
Second Edition, Revised and Expanded
Price: $29.99
Pub Date: March 9, 2011
Format: Paperback
360 Pages
A comprehensive account of Theodore Roosevelt's important presidency, updated to take into account two decades of additional research on the subject.
The Presidency of James Earl Carter, Jr.
Second Edition, Revised
Price: $29.99
Pub Date: September 21, 2006
Format: Paperback
320 Pages
A thoroughly revised, updated, and newly illustrated version of the Gaddis Smith called “the best book on the totality of the Carter presidency.” The new edition includes more on the former president’s foreign and environmental policies and expands coverage of the “personal” Carter as well as his wife Rosalyn’s activist role during his administration.
The Presidency of John F. Kennedy
Second Edition, Revised
Price: $29.99
Pub Date: February 20, 2006
Format: Paperback
376 Pages
The Presidency of Woodrow Wilson
Price: $32.99
Pub Date: March 23, 1992
Format: Paperback
320 Pages
This is the best one-volume study available on Wilson’s productive presidency. Clements analyzes the reasons for Wilson’s successes and failures in both domestic and foreign arenas and investigates representative administrative departments to find out how the Wilson administration actually worked. Clement reexamines the impact of Wilson’s illness on his diplomatic leadership in the last year and a half of his presidency.
The Presidency of George Washington
Price: $24.99
Pub Date: February 22, 1974
Format: Paperback
224 Pages
The Presidency of George H. W. Bush
Second Edition, Revised
Price: $54.99
Pub Date: June 19, 2015
Format: Hardcover
392 Pages
Covers the entirety of the administration of the first Bush, with a detailed consideration of his post-presidency. The author concludes that the first Bush was a much more activist administration—and he a much more activist president—than has been portrayed in the literature.
The Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant
Price: $37.99
Pub Date: May 12, 2023
Format: Paperback
736 Pages
A detailed analysis of Grant’s eight years in the White House, the book examines his policies and actions in numerous areas such as Reconstruction, economic policy, civil service reform, and foreign affairs.
The Presidency of George W. Bush
Price: $54.99
Pub Date: October 15, 2021
Format: Hardcover
440 Pages
The first balanced academic study to analyze the entirety of the presidency of George W. Bush—domestic, social, economic, and national security policies—as well as the administration’s reactions to the attacks of 11 September 2001 and the subsequent “War on Terror.”
The Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt
Second Edition, Revised and Expanded
Price: $29.99
Pub Date: March 9, 2011
Format: Paperback
360 Pages
A comprehensive account of Theodore Roosevelt's important presidency, updated to take into account two decades of additional research on the subject.
The Presidency of James Earl Carter, Jr.
Second Edition, Revised
Price: $29.99
Pub Date: September 21, 2006
Format: Paperback
320 Pages
A thoroughly revised, updated, and newly illustrated version of the Gaddis Smith called “the best book on the totality of the Carter presidency.” The new edition includes more on the former president’s foreign and environmental policies and expands coverage of the “personal” Carter as well as his wife Rosalyn’s activist role during his administration.
The Presidency of John F. Kennedy
Second Edition, Revised
Price: $29.99
Pub Date: February 20, 2006
Format: Paperback
376 Pages
The Presidency of Woodrow Wilson
Price: $32.99
Pub Date: March 23, 1992
Format: Paperback
320 Pages
This is the best one-volume study available on Wilson’s productive presidency. Clements analyzes the reasons for Wilson’s successes and failures in both domestic and foreign arenas and investigates representative administrative departments to find out how the Wilson administration actually worked. Clement reexamines the impact of Wilson’s illness on his diplomatic leadership in the last year and a half of his presidency.
The Presidency of George Washington
Price: $24.99
Pub Date: February 22, 1974
Format: Paperback
224 Pages
The Presidency of George H. W. Bush
Second Edition, Revised
Price: $54.99
Pub Date: June 19, 2015
Format: Hardcover
392 Pages
Covers the entirety of the administration of the first Bush, with a detailed consideration of his post-presidency. The author concludes that the first Bush was a much more activist administration—and he a much more activist president—than has been portrayed in the literature.