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William Almon Wheeler
(December 2013)
Political Star of the North Country
Herbert C. Hallas - Author
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An American success story about the life of William Almon Wheeler, a poor boy from Northern New York who became the nineteenth Vice President of the United States.
William Almon Wheeler’s life is an American success story about how a poor boy living near the Canadian border in Malone, New York, achieved fame and fortune. Often referred to as “the New York Lincoln,” Wheeler was a lawyer, banker, railroad president, ...(Read More) |
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From Kristallnacht to Watergate
(September 2013)
Memoirs of a Newspaperman
Harry Rosenfeld - Author
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An insider’s account of how the Washington Post broke the Watergate story, depicting the tensions, challenges, and personal conflicts that were overcome as it laid bare the criminal wrongdoings of the Nixon administration.
In this powerful memoir, Harry Rosenfeld describes his years as an editor at the New York Herald Tribune and the Washington Post, two of the greatest American newspapers in the second ...(Read More) |
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The Presidential Leadership Dilemma
(April 2013)
Between the Constitution and a Political Party
Julia R. Azari - Editor
Lara M. Brown - Editor
Zim G. Nwokora - Editor
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Examines how the president balances the competing demands of leading his political party and leading the nation.
Throughout their time in office, American presidents are often forced to choose between leading the nation and leading their party. In an earlier time when the major parties were less polarized, this leadership dilemma, while challenging, was not nearly as vexing as it is today. American presidents now find themselves w...(Read More) |
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John F. Kennedy, Barack Obama, and the Politics of Ethnic Incorporation and Avoidance
(March 2013)
Robert C. Smith - Author
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Fascinating look at the challenges faced by John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama in their quests to win the presidency.
Political analysts and journalists often draw analogies between John F. Kennedy, the first Catholic Irish president, and Barack Obama, the first African American president. Their election to the nation’s highest office was historic, but for reasons not fully appreciated. In John F. Kennedy, Barack Obama,...(Read More) |
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The Obama Presidency
(July 2012)
A Preliminary Assessment
Robert P. Watson - Editor
Jack Covarrubias - Editor
Tom Lansford - Editor
Douglas M. Brattebo - Editor
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Lively and engaging essays covering President Obama’s domestic and foreign policy, governing style, and character.
Barack Obama’s presidency is a pivotal one in American history, coming at a time of dramatic political change in the United States and amidst an astonishing array of domestic and foreign policy challenges. Not surprisingly, then, the Obama administration has been the focus of intense scrutiny by schola...(Read More) |
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The Cold War's Last Battlefield
(December 2011)
Reagan, the Soviets, and Central America
Edward A. Lynch - Author
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An engaging insider’s account by a member of President Reagan’s Central America policy team.
Central America was the final place where U.S. and Soviet proxy forces faced off against one another in armed conflict. In The Cold War’s Last Battlefield, Edward A. Lynch blends his own first-hand experiences as a member of the Reagan Central America policy team with interviews of policy makers and exhaustive study of primary source mat...(Read More) |
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The Obama Effect
(September 2010)
Multidisciplinary Renderings of the 2008 Campaign
Heather E. Harris - Editor
Kimberly R. Moffitt - Editor
Catherine R. Squires - Editor
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Timely, multidisciplinary analysis of Obama’s presidential campaign, its context, and its impact.
November 4, 2008 ushered in a historic moment: Illinois Senator Barack Obama was elected the forty-fourth President of the United States of America. In The Obama Effect, editors Heather E. Harris, Kimberly R. Moffitt, and Catherine R. Squires bring together works that place Barack Obama’s candidacy and victory in the co...(Read More) |
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Who Should Be First?
(August 2010)
Feminists Speak Out on the 2008 Presidential Campaign
Beverly Guy-Sheftall - Editor
Johnnetta Betsch Cole - Editor
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Feminists speak out on race and gender in the 2008 presidential campaign.
Who should be first? With Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton as frontrunners, the 2008 Democratic primary campaign was a watershed moment in U.S. history. Offering the choice of an African American man or a white woman as the next Democratic candidate for president, the primary marked an unprecedented moment—but one that painfully echoed previous stru...(Read More) |
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Out in Front
(February 2010)
Preparing the Way for JFK and LBJ
Jeb Byrne - Author
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Lively anecdotes retold by an advance man for presidents Kennedy and Johnson.
Imagine one’s first job assignment is arranging John F. Kennedy’s visit to Fort Worth, Texas on the morning of November 22, 1963. Lively and fascinating, Out in Front reveals Jeb Byrne’s experiences as an advance man for JFK and as the deputy director of the LBJ advance unit during the 1964 campaign. Byrne’s life experiences ...(Read More) |
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Frank
(September 2009)
The Story of Frances Folsom Cleveland, America's Youngest First Lady
Annette B. Dunlap - Author
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The first full-length biography of America’s youngest, and perhaps most underrated, First Lady.
When she married forty-nine-year-old President Grover Cleveland in a White House ceremony on June 2, 1886, Frances Folsom Cleveland was only twenty-one years old, making her the nation’s youngest First Lady. Despite her age, however, Washington society marveled at how quickly the inexperienced Mrs. Cleveland (known as “Frank” to her ...(Read More) |
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