How the search for power defines the American presidential office All American presidents, past and present, have cared deeply about power—acquiring, protecti

All American presidents, past and present, have cared deeply about power--acquiring, protecting, and expanding it. While individual presidents obviously have ot

Biographers, historians, and journalists explore how selected US presidents of the 20th century have commanded, wielded, and sometimes dissipated the influence

How institutions shape the American presidency This incisive undergraduate textbook emphasizes the institutional sources of presidential power and executive gov

Since the early 1960s, scholarly thinking on the power of U.S. presidents has rested on these words: "Presidential power is the power to persuade." Power, in th