The American Presidency has become one of the most powerful offices in the world with the ascendency of American power in the 20th century.'White House Studies Compendium' brings together piercing analyses of the American presidency -- dealing with both currect issues and historical events.The compendia are the bound issues of 'White House Studies' with the addition of a comprehensive subject index.

Table of Contents:
Preface The Role of Black Neo- Conservatives During President Ronald Reagan's Administration; Making an Impression: The Public's Evaluation of Reagan's Televised Addresses; The Protomodern Presidency: How the Office Changed During the Gilded Age; Fear and Malaise: The Impact of Words in Presidential Leadership; Feature: Presidential History President of the Historians: Theodore Roosevelt and the American Historical Association; The Greatest Upset in American Political History: Harry Truman and the 1948 Election; The Miller Center at Thirty Years; Presidents: Do They Walk the Talk?; Politics and Pragmatism: The Nixon Administration and Crime Control; Vice Presidential Selection in the Modern Era: A Model; The Second Best Choice? Vice-presidential Candidates in the Modern Era; The Louisiana Purchase, Thomas Jefferson, and American Constitutionalism; 'Do This! Do That!': How the White House Builds Staff Loyalty; Presidential Tax Intiatives and Public Opinion: The Relationship Since the Reagan Administration; When Incumbents Fall: Assessing Successful and Unsuccessful 20th Century Presidential Transitions; Botox, White Steeds, and Public Policy: The Role of Political Spouses in the 2004 Democratic Primary; Presidential (Non) Leadership of Public Opinion, 1953-2001; The Medical Afflictions of President John F. Kennedy; How Politics is Like Horse Racing: Harry Truman, Taft-Hartley, and the 1948 Presidential Campaign; The Spectre of Presidential Pardons; Heaven, Hell and Presidential Impeachment: Representatives' Religion and the House Judiciary Committee; Presidential Term Limitations in the Cold War, or Beware the Anti-Third Termites; Power without Persuasion: The Politics of Direct Presidential Action; The Front-Loading Problem in Presidential Elections.; The Presidency in a Separated System, Second Edition; High Risk and Big Ambition: The Presidency of George W. Bush; The New Imperial Presidency: Renewing Presidential Power after Watergate; Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Making of Modern America; The Post-modern Presidency: Bill Clinton's Legacy in U.S. Politics; Thomas Jefferson and the Wall of Separation between Church and State; Why Trust Matters: Declining Political Trust and the Demise of American Liberalism; Passing the Buck: Congress, The Budget, and Deficits; Executive Secrets: Covert Action and the Presidency; Private Lives/Public Consequences: Personality and Politics in Modern America; FDR, the Vatican, and the Roman Catholic Church in America, 1933-1945; Presidential Commissions and National Security: The Politics of Damage Control; Lessons from Russia: Clinton and US Democracy Promotion; Gerald Ford and the Challenges of the 1970s; American Voter Turnout: An Institutional Perspective; U.S. Foreign Policy and International Politics: George W. Bush, 9/11, and the Global-Terrorist Hydra; FDR, the Vatican, and the Roman Catholic Church in America, 1933-1945; The One Percent Doctrine: Deep Inside America's Pursuit of Its Enemies Since 9/11; The Rhetorical Presidency of George H.W. Bush; Governing by Campaigning: The Politics of the Bush Presidency; The Bystander: John F. Kennedy and the Struggle for Black Equality; The Reagan Imprint: Ideas and American Foreign Policy from the Collapse of Communism to the War on Terror; Index.