Book Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Role of the Executive -- THE POLITICAL EXECUTIVE -- PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT -- THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES -- DUTIES OF THE OFFICE -- HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRESIDENCY -- SELECTING A PRESIDENT -- THE VICE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES -- THE FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES -- THE WHITE HOUSE -- EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES -- THE CABINET -- EXECUTIVE AGENCIES AND OFFICES -- Chapter 2 Presidents of the United States: George Washington to William McKinley -- GEORGE WASHINGTON -- CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH -- PREREVOLUTIONARY MILITARY AND POLITICAL CAREER -- REVOLUTIONARY LEADERSHIP -- PRESIDENCY -- JOHN ADAMS -- EARLY LIFE -- CONTINENTAL CONGRESS -- FOREIGN SERVICE -- POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY -- VICE PRESIDENCY AND PRESIDENCY -- RETIREMENT -- THOMAS JEFFERSON -- EARLY YEARS -- DECLARING INDEPENDENCE -- AMERICAN IN PARIS -- PARTY POLITICS -- PRESIDENCY -- RETIREMENT -- JAMES MADISON -- EARLY LIFE AND POLITICAL ACTIVITIES -- THE FATHER OF THE CONSTITUTION -- MADISON'S PRESIDENCY -- LATER LIFE -- JAMES MONROE -- EARLY LIFE AND CAREER -- MINISTER TO FRANCE -- THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE -- PRESIDENCY -- JOHN QUINCY ADAMS -- EARLY LIFE AND CAREER -- BREAK WITH THE FEDERALISTS -- SECRETARY OF STATE -- PRESIDENCY AND FEUD WITH JACKSON -- SECOND CAREER IN CONGRESS -- ANDREW JACKSON -- EARLY LIFE -- TENNESSEE POLITICS -- MILITARY FEATS -- PRESIDENTIAL PROSPECTS -- JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY -- THE FIRST TERM -- REELECTION IN 1832 -- MARTIN VAN BUREN -- WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON -- JOHN TYLER -- JAMES K. POLK -- EARLY LIFE AND CAREER -- PRESIDENCY -- ZACHARY TAYLOR -- MILLARD FILLMORE -- FRANKLIN PIERCE -- JAMES BUCHANAN -- ABRAHAM LINCOLN -- LIFE -- REPUTATION AND CHARACTER -- ANDREW JOHNSON -- EARLY LIFE AND CAREER -- THE PRESIDENCY -- IMPEACHMENT -- ULYSSES S. GRANT.

EARLY LIFE -- THE CIVIL WAR -- COMMAND OVER UNION ARMIES -- GRANT'S PRESIDENCY -- LATER LIFE -- RUTHERFORD B. HAYES -- JAMES A. GARFIELD -- CHESTER A. ARTHUR -- GROVER CLEVELAND -- BENJAMIN HARRISON -- WILLIAM MCKINLEY -- Chapter 3 Presidents of the United States: Theodore Roosevelt to Barack Obama -- THEODORE ROOSEVELT -- THE EARLY YEARS -- THE SQUARE DEAL -- FOREIGN POLICY -- LAST YEARS AS PRESIDENT -- LATER YEARS -- WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT -- WOODROW WILSON -- EARLY LIFE, EDUCATION, AND GOVERNORSHIP -- FIRST TERM AS PRESIDENT -- SECOND TERM AS PRESIDENT -- WARREN G. HARDING -- CALVIN COOLIDGE -- HERBERT HOOVER -- FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT -- EARLY LIFE -- EARLY POLITICAL ACTIVITIES -- PARALYSIS TO PRESIDENCY -- THE FIRST TERM -- THE SECOND TERM -- THE THIRD AND FOURTH TERMS -- HARRY S. TRUMAN -- EARLY LIFE AND CAREER -- SUCCESSION TO THE PRESIDENCY -- WINNING A SECOND TERM -- OUTBREAK OF THE KOREAN WAR -- DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER -- EARLY CAREER -- SUPREME COMMANDER -- FIRST TERM AS PRESIDENT -- SECOND TERM -- JOHN F. KENNEDY -- EARLY LIFE -- CONGRESSMAN AND SENATOR -- PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AND PRESIDENT -- ASSASSINATION -- LYNDON B. JOHNSON -- EARLY LIFE -- CAREER IN CONGRESS -- VICE PRESIDENCY -- ACCESSION TO THE PRESIDENCY -- ELECTION AND THE VIETNAM WAR -- DOMESTIC PROBLEMS -- LAST DAYS -- RICHARD M. NIXON -- EARLY LIFE AND CONGRESSIONAL CAREER -- VICE PRESIDENCY -- ELECTION OF 1960 -- PRESIDENCY -- DOMESTIC POLICIES -- FOREIGN AFFAIRS -- WATERGATE AND OTHER SCANDALS -- RETIREMENT AND DEATH -- GERALD R. FORD -- JIMMY CARTER -- RONALD W. REAGAN -- EARLY LIFE AND ACTING CAREER -- GOVERNORSHIP OF CALIFORNIA -- ELECTION OF 1980 -- PRESIDENCY -- RETIREMENT AND DECLINING HEALTH -- GEORGE BUSH -- EARLY LIFE AND CAREER -- VICE PRESIDENCY -- PRESIDENCY -- RETIREMENT -- BILL CLINTON -- EARLY LIFE -- GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS -- PRESIDENCY -- LIFE AFTER THE PRESIDENCY.

GEORGE W. BUSH -- EARLY LIFE -- GOVERNOR OF TEXAS -- PRESIDENCY -- BARACK OBAMA -- EARLY LIFE -- POLITICS AND THE PRESIDENCY -- Appendix: Tables -- Glossary -- For Further Reading -- Index -- Back Cover.