Title: First-term presidents and their party's house freshmen: Crafting a strategic alliance.

Author(s): TIERNEY, JOHN; YALOF, DAVID

Abstract: Focuses on first term presidents in the United States (US) and freshman legislators in their own terms. Argument on strategic alliance between a new president and his party's freshmen; Past linkages between presidents and freshmen.

Title: Congress, the president, and the use of military force: Cooperation or conflict in the post-cold war era?

Author(s): SMITH, MICHAEL E.

Abstract: Argues whether the president or Congress in the United States (US) has the ultimate right to control the use of military force. Importance of understanding war powers; Reason for the unpreparedness of the US for a post-cold war future; Issues which foreign policy should be disaggregated.

Title: Presidential influence on independent commissions: A case of FTC staffing levels.

Author(s): LU, HAORAN

Abstract: Examines the use of staffing levels in the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to control independent commissions. Impact of presidential administrations on the number of FTC annual requested, recommended and actual full-time positions; History of FTC from 1969-1990; Conclusion.

Title: Congressional relations and `public relations' in the administration of Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-81).

Author(s): PAUL, EZRA

Abstract: Explores the efforts of past United States (US) President Rutherford B. Hayes and his cabinet to influence members of the US Congress and thereby affect the content and fate of legislation. Techniques for securing congressional support; Modern definition of congressional relations task; Challenge of studying the congressional relations efforts.

Title: A short note on the expenditures of the McKinley campaign of 1896.

Author(s): CHANDLER, D. AARON

Abstract: Examines the expenditures of wealthy industrialist Mark Hanna for the Republican presidential candidacy campaign of William McKinley in 1896 in the United States. Source of error by historians in regard to Hanna's fund-raising in 1896; Total amount spent by the Republicans in the campaign.

Title: When the relationship went sour: Syria and the Eisenhower administration.

Author(s): LESCH, DAVID W.

Abstract: Discusses the antagonistic relationship between the United States (US) and Syria that evolved during the administration of US President Dwight David Eisenhower. Information on the New Look foreign policy implemented by the Eisenhower administration; Most important aspect of the cold war for the Eisenhower administration; Obstacles to the US-Syrian agreement.

Title: Two types of presidential influence in Congress.

Author(s): MASLIN-WICKS, KIMBERLY

Abstract: Examines the nature of presidential influence in the United States Congress. When greater opportunity for presidential influence exists; Why quantitative studies underestimate presidential influence in Congress; Conclusions.

Title: In Reagan's shadow: Bush's antirhetorical presidency.

Author(s): ROZELL, MARK J.

Abstract: Examines the media relations approach of United States (US) President George Bush based on the interviews with his staff who worked on press relations, communications strategy and speechwriting. Evaluation of the approach's successes and failures; Bush's media relations and image; Conclusions.

Title: Robert F. Wagner, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and social welfare legislation in the New Deal.

Author(s): BILES, ROGER

Abstract: Reports on the achievements of United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Senator Robert F. Wagner for the social welfare reform in the New Deal. Observation of historian Patrick J. Maney on the effort of Roosevelt; Wagner's concern for unemployment and sympathy for workers; Wagner's prescription for traditional constraints on governmental activism in the marketplace.

Title: The politics and poetry of advice and consent: Congress confronts the Roosevelt administration during the State Department confirmation incident of 1944.

Author(s): SARANTAKES, NICHOLAS EVAN

Abstract: Focuses on the United States Congress' opposition against President Franklin D. Roosevelt's nominees for subcabinet positions in the State Department in 1944. Reason for the opposition; Origin of the confirmation crisis; Why Archibald MacLeish accepted the job offered by Roosevelt.

Title: Presidential leadership or structural constraints? The failure of president Carter's health insurance proposals.

Author(s): FINBOW, ROBERT

Abstract: Explores how the personal style, organizationaal arrangements and leadership abilities of United States President Jimmy Carter and his adviser affected the legislative success of his health care program. Examination on the factors that affected the legislative success of his health program; Overview of the previous assessments of Carter's leadership; How contingencies and crises in the economy and politics constrained leadership.

Title: Struggles of the first `New Democrat': Jimmy Carter, youth employment policy, and the Great Society legacy.

Author(s): KAPLOWITZ, CRAIG ALLAN

Abstract: Focuses on the youth employment policy of the late 1970s that challenge United States (US) President Jimmy Carter's attempt to refocus the Democratic Party. Carter's criticism on the US Congress; Reaction of traditional Democratic interest groups and liberal members of the US Congress on the leader's attempt; Early manpower programs.

Title: Foreign policy for sale? Interest group influence on President Clinton's Cuba policy, August 1994.

Author(s): SMITH, JONATHAN C.

Abstract: Examines the decision of United States (US) President Bill Clinton to reverse the Cuban Adjustment Act, a policy of accepting Cuban immigrants into the US. Speculated motives for the decision; Interest groups that influence the leader, according to the New Republic; History of the power of the interest groups to influence US foreign policy; Conclusion.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): SIRGIOVANNI, GEORGE

Abstract: Reviews the book `Profiles in Character: Hubris and Heroism in the U.S. Senate, 1789-1990,' by Joseph Martin Hernon.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): LOOMIS, BURDETT A.

Abstract: Reviews the book `Combat: Twelve Years in the U.S. Senate,' by Warren B. Rudman.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): PFIFFNER, JAMES P.

Abstract: Reviews the book `The Selling of Supreme Court Nominees,' by John Anthony Maltese.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): STRUM, PHILIPPA

Abstract: Reviews the book `Battles on the Bench: Conflict Inside the Supreme Court,' by Phillip J. Cooper.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): JACOBS, TRAVIS BEAL

Abstract: Reviews the book `Eisenhower: A Centenary Assessment,' edited by Gunter Bischof and Stephen E. Ambrose.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): ROZELL, MARK J.

Abstract: Reviews two books on politics. `George Bush and the Guardianship Presidency,' by David Mervin; `The Semi-Sovereign Presidency: The Bush Administration's Strategy for Governing Without Congress,' by harles Tiefer.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): PREVIDI, ROBERT

Abstract: Reviews the book `Eisenhower and the Suez Crisis of 1956,' by

Cole C. Kingseed.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): HOPPER, THOMAS R.

Abstract: Reviews the book `Deciding to Intervene: The Reagan Doctrine and American Foreign Policy,' by James M. Scott.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): MOHR, ANTHONY J.

Abstract: Reviews the book `Presidents and Foreign Policy: Countdown to Ten Controversial Decisions,' by Edward R. Drachman and Alan Shank.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): PREVIDI, ROBERT

Abstract: Reviews the book `Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam,' by H.R. McMaster.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): BERGER, MARTIN

Abstract: Reviews several books on politics. `Churchill's Grand Alliance: The Anglo-American Special Relationship, 1940-57,' by John Charmley; `Strategic Deception in the Second World War,' by Michael Howard; `The Last Great Victory: The End of World War II, July/August 1945,' by Stanley Weintraub.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): BARACSKAY, DANIEL

Abstract: Reviews the book `Armistice 1918,' by Bullitt Lowry.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): SCHROEDEL, JEAN REITH

Abstract: Reviews two books on politics. `The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America,' by George H. Nash; `Active Faith: How Christians Are Changing the Soul of American Politics,' by Ralph Reed.

Title: News notes.

Author(s): PETERSON, ARTHUR L.

Abstract: Presents news on Center for the Study of the Presidency and brief update on winter 1998 issue of `Presidential Studies Quarterly' journal. Basis of appointing an editor for the journal; Additional projects of the Center.

Title: Predicting the outcomes of presidential commissions: Evidence from the Johnson and Nixon Years.

Author(s): SMITH, DANIEL A.; M. LEYDEN, KEVIN; BORRELLI, STEPHEN A.

Abstract: Investigates whether the success or failure of ad hoc presidential commissions in the United States involved in the political process is at all predictable. Focus of the investigation; Analysis on the fates of the commission reports issued during the Johnson and Nixon administrations; Comparison of mean presidential response values across commission types.

Title: Executive privilege in the Ford administration: Prudence in the exercise of presidential power.

Author(s): ROZELL, MARK J.

Abstract: Examines the use of executive privilege during the administration of 38th United States President Gerald R. Ford. Ford's policy toward executive privelege; Ford's exercise of executive privelege.

Title: Modern presidential transitions: Problems, pitfalls, and lessons for success.

Author(s): EKSTEROWICZ, ANTHONY J.; HASTEDT, GLENN

Abstract: Examines the problems and pitfalls associated with modern presidential transitions in the United States. James Carter's administration; Ronald Reagan; Bill Clinton.

Title: Woodrow Wilson and administrative reform.

Author(s): CLEMENTS, KENDRICK A.

Abstract: Explores the influence of Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president of the United States, on administrative reform. Ministrant and constituent functions of government; Politics versus administration; Viewpoints of Wilson regarding the role of the president.

Title: Justice Byron White and separation of powers.

Author(s): AULD, L. PATRICK

Abstract: Examines the views of Justice Byron White of the United States Supreme Court on the separation of powers. Background on the Court's ruling on the `Nixon v Administrator of General Services' case; Values that underlie White's pro-Congress flexibility; Elaboration of White's approach to separation of powers.

Title: Herbert Hoover and the presidential campaign of 1932: The failure of Apologia.

Author(s): CARCASSON, MARTIN

Abstract: Examines nine major radio addresses Herber Hoover, the 31st president of the United States, gave during the 1932 campaign. Background on Hoover's presidential years from 1928 through 1932; Themes of each radio address; Details on Hoover's use of transcendence.

Title: Comparing presidents Reagan and Eisenhower.

Author(s): KENGOR, PAUL

Abstract: Compares the administration of United States President Ronald Reagan with the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Difficulties in policy-based comparisons; Details on the Reagan-Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) analogy; Perceptions of contemporary scholars on Reagan and Eisenhower.

Title: Jefferson's Madison versus Jefferson's Monroe.

Author(s): BURSTEIN, ANDREW

Abstract: Discusses the so-called Virginia Dynasty of 1801 to 1825, the successive presidencies of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe. How Jefferson and Monroe became friends; Events that affected the Monroe and Madison's friendship; Discussion on the personal dimension of party politics.

Title: The president as disciplinarian: Wilson, Roosevelt, and congressional primaries.

Author(s): SCHURIN, RONALD C.

Abstract: Explores the party leadership and discipline-enforcing strategy employed by United States President Woodrow Wilson and President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Background on the 1918 campaign; Ideology advocated by Wilson and Roosevelt; Details on the 1938 purge.

Title: Richard Nixon's political hinterland: The shadows of JFK and Charles de Gaulle.

Author(s): ROPER, JON

Abstract: Examines the memoirs of United States President Richard Nixon in his book `Six Crises,' which illustrate the political affinities that Nixon felt for President John F. Kennedy and Charles de Gaulle. Focus of the book; Observation used by Arthur Schlesinger Jr. in his biography of Kennedy; Models of heroic leadership.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): PAUL, EZRA

Abstract: Reviews the book `Rivals for Power: Presidential-Congressional Relations,' edited by James A. Thurber.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): STEINBERG, ARTHUR K.

Abstract: Reviews the book `Separation of Powers: Essays on the Founding Period,' by Gerhard Casper.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): ROCKWELL, STEPHEN J.

Abstract: Reviews the book `Theodore Roosevelt and Six Friends of the Indian,' by William T. Hagan.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): KOVALEFF, THEODORE P.

Abstract: Reviews the book `Eisenhower's Heart Attack: How Ike Beat Heart Disease and Held on to the Presidency,' by Clarence G. Lasby.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): ZWICKER, CHARLES H.

Abstract: Reviews the book `Richard Nixon: A Psychobiography,' by Vamik D. Volkan, Norman Itzkowitz and Andrew W. Dod.

Title: Book reviews.

Abstract: Reviews the book `Ronald Reagan: How an Ordinary Man Become an Extraordinary Leader,' by Dinesh D'Souza.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): STRONG, ROBERT S.

Abstract: Reviews the book `The Press and the Bush Presidency,' by Mark J. Rozell.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): MEAGHER, MICHAEL E.

Abstract: Reviews the book `At the President's Side: The Vice Presidency in the Twentieth Century,' edited by Timothy Walch.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): SPRAGENS, WILLIAM C.

Abstract: Reviews the book `Papers on Presidential Disability and the

Twenty-Fifth Amendment,' by Kenneth W. Thompson.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): BARACSKAY, DANIEL

Abstract: Reviews the book `Banishing Bureaucracy: The Five Strategies for Reinventing Government,' by David Osborne and Peter Plastrik.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): KAHAN, MICHAEL

Abstract: Reviews the book `Running Scared: Why America's Politicians

Campaign Too Much and Government Too Little,' by Anthony King.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): SPRAGENS, WILLIAM C.

Abstract: Reviews the book `Events Leading Up to My Death: The Lift of a Twentieth Century Reporter,' by Howard K. Smith.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): GIGLIO, JAMES N.

Abstract: Reviews the book `Seeds of Destruction: Joe Kennedy and His Sons,' by Ralph G. Martin.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): SAULNIER, R.J.

Abstract: Reviews the book `Bad Boy: The Lift and Politics of Lee Atwater,' by John Brady.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): ZWICKER, CHARLES H.

Abstract: Reviews the book `The Stevensons: A Biography of an American Family,' by Jean H. Baker.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): SAULNIER, R.J.

Abstract: Reviews the book `Barry Goldwater,' by Robert Alan Goldberg.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): SAULNIER, R.J.

Abstract: Reviews the book `The End of Affluence: The Causes and Consequences of America's Economic Dilemma,' by Jeffrey Madrick.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): HARRISS, C. LOWELL

Abstract: Reviews the book `Hamilton's Blessing: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Our National Debt,' by John Steele Gordon.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): PREVIDI, ROBERT

Abstract: Reviews the book `Tripwire: Korea and Foreign Policy in a Changed World,' by Doug Bandow.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): KOVALEFF, THEODORE P.

Abstract: Reviews the book `The Best of Intentions: The Triumph and Failure of the Great Society Under Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon,' by Irwin Unger.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): HARRISS, C. LOWELL

Abstract: Reviews the book `Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty,' by James Bovard.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): WALKER, WILLIAM T.

Abstract: Reviews the book `New Deal Days: 1933-1934,' by Eli Ginzberg.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): SAULNIER, R.J.

Abstract: Reviews the book `Back From the Brink: The Greenspan Years,' by Steven K. Beckner.

Title: Sixth-floor museum collections available to researchers.

Abstract: Reports that the Sixth-Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza has opened its collections and archives to researchers and members of general public who are interested in gathering information about United States President John F. Kennedy. Examples of the museum's collections and archives; Goal of the museum's opening.

Title: Relive a year of turmoil and triumph at Truman Library.

Abstract: Presents information on the exhibition `1948: Year of Turmoil and Triumph,' at the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri from April 20, 1998 through February 10, 1999. Four sections of the exhibition; Brief background on the museum; Historical significance of the exhibition.

Title: The end of U.S. intervention in Mexico: Franklin Roosevelt and the expropriation of American-owned agricultural property.

Author(s): DWYER, JOHN J.

Abstract: Focuses on the reasons United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt did not employ aggressive measures when Mexican President Lazaro Cardenas seized American-owned estates between 1934 to 1940. Common ideological convictions between the two presidents; Roosevelt's management style; Impact of the 1929; Alleged lack of viable alternatives to the Cardenas regime.

Title: Expectations of infamy: Roosevelt and Marshall prepare for war, 1938-41.

Author(s): GULLAN, HAROLD I.

Abstract: Focuses on the role of United States President Franklin Roosevelt in the preparations of the US for World War II. Advantages and disadvantages of Roosevelt's administrative style; Background information on Army Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall; Details on the rearmament program in 1939-1940; Significance of the White House meeting of May 13, 1940; Importance of Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson.

Title: The Institute of Inter-American affairs and its health policies in Brazil during World War II.

Author(s): DE CAMPOS, ANDRE LUIZ VIEIRA

Abstract: Focuses on the military aspects of the health programs of the United States Institute of Inter-American Affairs (IIAA) in Brazil in World War II. Background on IIAA; Institutional setting of the IIAA and the Servicio Especial de Saude Publica (SESP); Malaria control in US military bases of Northeast Brazil; Program in the Amazon region; Program in the Rio Doce Valley.

Title: Cracks in the consensus: The Rockefeller Brothers Fund Special Studies Project and Eisenhower's America.

Author(s): ANDREW III, JOHN

Abstract: Studies the Special Studies Project panel reports and the American elite thinking as the United States prepared to enter the 1960s.

Background on the Special Studies Project of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF); Purpose of the project; Importance of the sense of crisis that panelists experienced; Discussion on `The Mid-Century Challenge to U.S. Foreign Policy,' Panel I report; Discussion on the other panel reports.

Title: The fourth country problem: Eisenhower's nuclear nonproliferation policy.

Author(s): MADDOCK, SHANE

Abstract: Focuses on the attempts of United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower to establish nuclear nonproliferation agreements. Eisenhower's understanding of nuclear weapons and their role in US strategy when he entered the presidency; Example of the president's alleged ignorance of proliferation hazards; Details on the nuclear testing on Marshall Islands in 1954; Appointment of Harold Stassen as a special consultant on disarmament; Consequences of the nuclear-sharing proposal.

Title: John F. Kennedy and the two faces of the U.S. space program, 1961-63.

Author(s): KAY, W. D.

Abstract: Discusses the use of competition and offers of cooperation as deliberate strategies by United States President John F. Kennedy in dealing with the space program of the US and Soviet Union. Kennedy's alleged competitive rhetoric on US and Soviet Union's space program; Appeals for space cooperation; Conventional interpretations of Kennedy's approach to space policy; Alternative explanation for Kennedy's dual approach to the issue.

Title: Nixon and the marine environment.

Author(s): BARKDULL, JOHN

Abstract: Addresses the question on the role of United States President Richard M. Nixon in instituting US environmental policies. Reviews of Nixon's environmental record; Foreign environmental policy; Information on US policy and marine pollution; Information on the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships of 1973 (MARPOL).

Title: Ronald Reagan and redress for Japanese-American internment, 1983-88.

Author(s): MAGA, TIMOTHY P.

Abstract: Analyzes the attitude of United States President Ronald Reagan towards redress of the forced evacuation, relocation, and internment of Japanese Americans during World War II in the 1940s. Details on wartime Japanese-American internment; Examination of Reagan's reasoning on the matter; Worthiness of the redress legislation; Significance of Reagan's reversal.

Title: Presidential power and democratic stability under the Russian constitution: A comparative analysis.

Author(s): CLARK, WILLIAM A.

Abstract: Focuses on transition to democracy of Russia. Arguments for parliamentary forms of government for postauthoritarian transitions; Criticism on presidentialism; Presidency in Russia and the Russian Constitution; Presidential power and democratic stability in Russia; Conclusions.

Title: Stability and change in President Clinton's foreign policy beliefs, 1993-96.

Author(s): JEWETT, AUBREY W.; TURETZKY, MARC D.

Abstract: Focuses on the views of United States President Bill Clinton of foreign policy and the US role in international affairs. Debate over Clinton's worldview; Psychological approaches to foreign policy analysis; Clinton's worldview on the expansion of commerce in a changing world; Changes in Clinton's worldview in 1994 until 1995; Focus on the pursuit of global security and commerce; Stability and change in Clinton's belief system; Conclusion.

Title: The `sole organ' before the court: Presidential power in foreign policy cases, 1790-1996.

Author(s): KING, KIMI LYNN; MEERNIK, JAMES

Abstract: Focuses on United States Supreme Court decisions on the conduct of US foreign policy. Overview of literature on the Supreme Court and foreign policy on which the stereotype of the Court's reluctance about foreign policy is based; Examination of the doctrine of presidential prerogative power; Analysis of Supreme Court opinions that have foreign policy implications; Policy shift by the Court in the post-Vietnam era emphasizing the executive's success.

Title: Raoul Berger on executive privilege.

Author(s): FISHER, LOUIS; ROZELL, MARK J.

Abstract: Responds to the commentary by Joseph K. Smaha on the Spring 1997 issue of `Presidential Studies Quarterly' titled, `In Defense of Raoul Berger.' Smaha's description of Berger's 1974 book `Executive Privilege: A Constitutional Myth'; Critique of Berger's book by Louis Fisher; Views of Smaha on Mark J. Rozell's book `Executive Privilege: The Dilemma of Secrecy and Democratic Accountability'; Limitations of Berger's analysis.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): WALKER, WILLIAM T.

Abstract: Reviews the book `Caught between Roosevelt and Stalin: America's Ambassadors to Moscow,' by Dennis Dunn.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): SPRAGENS, WILLIAM C.

Abstract: Reviews the book `The Ambassadors and America's Soviet Policy,' by David Mayers.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): MOHR, ANTHONY J.

Abstract: Reviews the book `George Ball: Behind the Scenes in U.S. Foreign

Policy,' by James A. Bill.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): PIOUS, RICHARD M.

Abstract: Reviews the book `Subversion as Foreign Policy: The Secret Eisenhower and Dulles Debacle in Indonesia,' by Audrey R. Kahin and George Mct. Kahin.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): BARACSKAY, DANIEL

Abstract: Reviews the book `The Year of the Hare: America in Vietnam, January 25, 1963-February 15, 1964,' by Francis X. Winters.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): KENGOR, PAUL

Abstract: Reviews the book `The Coming Conflict With China,' by Richard Bernstein and Ross H. Munro.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): SCOTT, JAMES M.

Abstract: Reviews the book `Eisenhower and the Missile Gap,' by Peter J. Roman.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): LASHER, KEVIN J.

Abstract: Reviews the book `Living with Peril: Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Nuclear Weapons,' by Andreas Wenger.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): MADDOCK, SHANE

Abstract: Reviews the book `One Hell of a Gamble: Khrushchev, Castro and Kennedy, 1958-1964,' by Aleksandr Fursenko and Timothy Naftali.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): MOHR, ANTHONY J.

Abstract: Reviews the book `The Grand Chessboard,' by Zbigniew Brzezinski.

Title: Book reviews.

Author(s): BARACSKAY, DANIEL

Abstract: Reviews the book `After the Cold War: Essays on the Emerging World Order,' edited by Keith Philip Lepor.

Title: News notes.

Abstract: Presents information on the `Papers of the the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).' Topics that are discussed in the report; Coalitions formed by the NAACP with other organizations; Activities of the organization included in the report.