Setting the tone for the collection, NASA chief historian Roger D. Launius and Howard McCurdy maintain that the nation's presidency had become imperial by the m

Eminent scholar Saikrishna Prakash offers the first truly comprehensive study of the original American presidency. Drawing from a vast range of sources both wel

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Throughout American history, presidents have shown a startling power to act independently of Congress and the courts. On their own initiative, presidents have t

Going public to gain support, especially through reliance on national addresses and the national news media, has been a central tactic for modern presidential p