White House studies compendium; v.6

Reference & Research Book News, August, 2008

White House studies compendium; v.6.

Ed. by Anthony J. Eksterowicz and Glenn P. Hastedt.

Nova Science Publishers

2008

447 pages

$145.00

Hardcover

E176

In the words of the editors (both of James Madison U.), White House Studies is a quarterly "peer-reviewed journal of scholarship and commentary on the politics and history of the presidency and White House." This volume is the sixth to collect the materials from the journal and present them together with a comprehensive subject index. It contains 22 articles addressing such diverse topics as the role of black neoconservatives during President Reagan's administration, the public's evaluation of Reagan's televised addresses, changes in the presidency during the Gilded Age, the impact of words in presidential leadership, Theodore Roosevelt and the American Historical Association, the Nixon administration's approach to crime control, vice presidential selection in the modern era, how the White House builds staff loyalty, presidential tax initiatives and public opinion since the Reagan administration, assessing successful and unsuccessful 20th century presidential transitions, the role of political spouses in the 2004 Democratic primary, and the medical afflictions of John F. Kennedy. Also included are 23 book reviews.

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