Book Description

The unifying theme in this volume is the President: political leader, relations with Congress, intelligence user, economist, communicator and guardian of national security. Table of Contents:Preface, Kenneth W. Thompson; ^IIntroduction, Kenneth W. Thompson; Jefferson and the Contemporary World, Hugh Sidey; The President and Congress: The Reagan Administration, Dean Ernest Griffith; The Presidency and the Intelligence System, by Ambassador Richard Helms; Presidential Economics, Herbert Stein; The Kennedy and Johnson Presidency, Charles Roberts; The President and the Senate in Foreign Policy, Senator Gale W. McGee; Concluding Observations, Kenneth W. Thompson.