The American Presidency (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Forrest McDonald
- First Published: 1994
- Type of Work: History
- Time of Work: 1789-1992
- Setting: The United States
- Principal Characters: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, Gouverneur Morris, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan
- Genres: Nonfiction, History
- Subjects: History, United States or Americans, Law or legislation, Government, Constitutional law, Presidents, Monarchy, Congresses or conventions
- Locales: United States
The American people have had high expectations for their president, but rarely has he been able to fulfill them. Pledging to downsize government after two decades of enormous expansion, Ronald Reagan entered and left office barely able to slow its growth. Refractory foreign problems such as Vietnam and the Iran hostage situation haunted and drove out of office Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Jimmy Carter. Government scandals such as Watergate and Whitewater plagued the presidencies of Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton. Part of the problem may be that lesser men occupy the office than in...
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