Triumphs and Tragedies of the Modern Presidency: Seventy-Six Case Studies in Presidential Leadership - Softcover

"Drawing upon this report's superb analysis of past presidential decision-making, president-elects will be better prepared to successfully deal with the complexity of serving in our nation's highest office."-Senator John McCain "A marvelous, moving story of presidents and the presidency."-The Honorable Robert S. Strauss Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia "Triumphs and Tragedies is not only the right stuff--it is the real stuff. This is the best guide for a President-Elect that I've read in more than 40 years of watching Presidents come and go."-Hugh Sidey Former White House Correspondent Time Magazine "Any new President is given a lot of advice on how to do his job. My advice would be to spend a few hours with this book. It makes for fascinating reading and provides scores of instructive lessons on the pitfalls and challenges of the Presidency."-The Honorable Lee Hamilton Director, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

In early 2000, the Center for the Study of the Presidency organized a group of eminent scholars to examine key cases of Presidential success and failure and the lessons learned. Leading presidential researchers and writers provided 76 case studies organized in nine broad subject areas. After surveying the broad sweep of presidential concerns, the scholars examine the First One Hundred Days of an Administration from FDR onward. They then review Executive-Legislative Relations, Domestic Policy, Fiscal Policy and International Economics, National Security Institutions and Decision Making, Foreign Interventions and Interactions, Managing the Executive Branch, Presidential Continuity: The Use of Individuals Across Administrations; and Presidential Crises: Watergate, Iran-Contra, and Impeachment. Must reading for executive branch figures and scholars, researchers, and the interested public concerned with presidential issues and American political history.