Table of Contents
Part VII World War I and the Great Depression
28 Woodrow Wilson Saladin M. Ambar 3
29 Warren G. Harding James D. Robenalt 17
30 Calvin Coolidge John W. Johnson Dale E. P. Yurs 31
31 Herbert Hoover John Q. Barrett 41
Part VIII The New Deal and World War II
32 Franklin Delano Roosevelt William D. Pederson 55
33 Harry S. Truman James N. Giglio 73
Part IX The Civil Rights Era
34 Dwight D. Eisenhower Richard V. Damms 89
35 John F. Kennedy Barbara A. Perry 105
36 Lyndon B. Johnson John L. Bullion 119
Part X The Watergate Era and Reform
37 Richard M. Nixon Stanley Kutler 137
38 Gerald R. Ford Jeffrey Crouch 153
39 Jimmy Carter Scott Kaufman 167
Part XI New Conservatives, New Democrats, and Polarization
40 Ronald Reagan Kenneth W. Starr 185
41 George H.W. Bush Lori Cox Han 203
42 William Jefferson Clinton Ken Gormley 216
Part XII The Era of Global Conflicts and Partisan Divide
43 George W. Bush Benjamin A. Kleinerman 235
44 Barack Obama Michael J. Gerhardt 251
45 Donald J. Trump Ken Gormley Joy G. McNally Joseph Disarro 272
Conclusion: An Evolving American Presidency Ken Gormley 311
Acknowledgments 329
Photo Credits 331
About the Contributors 333
Index 339