Description: Starts with a chronology, then provides a chapter on the roles and functions of the American president. Succeeding chapters look at the evolution of the presidency through several lenses: profiles of a handful of presidents who effected truly momentous changes in the presidency's 200-year development (Washington, Lincoln, the two Roosevelts, and Nixon); a discussion of presidential generations; and an analysis of five presidential elections. Edited hightlights from inaugural addresses comprise the volume's second half.
Review Quotes: "Recommended for public and undergraduate libraries." --Booklist