The Presidents and the Constitution, Volume Two : : From World War I to the Trump Era / / ed. by Ken Gormley.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
• MitwirkendeR: Ambar, Saladin M.,; Barrett, John Q.,; Bullion, John L.,; Crouch, Jeffrey,; Damms, Richard V.,; DiSarro, Joseph,; Gerhardt, Michael J.,; Giglio, James N.,; Gormley, Ken,; Han, Lori Cox,; Johnson, John W.,; Kaufman, Scott,; Kleinerman, Benjamin A.,; Kutler, Stanley,; McNally, Joy G.,; Pederson, William D.,; Perry, Barbara A.,; Robenalt, James D.,; Starr, Kenneth W.,; Yurs, Dale E. P.,
• HerausgeberIn: Gormley, Ken,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; 18 b/w illustrations

A revealing look at the constitutional issues that confronted and shaped each presidency from Woodrow Wilson through Donald J. TrumpDrawing from the monumental publication The Presidents and the Constitution: A Living History in 2016, the nation’s foremost experts in the American presidency and the US Constitution tell the intertwined stories of how the last eighteen American presidents have interfaced with the Constitution and thus defined the most powerful office in human history.This volume leads off with Woodrow Wilson, the president who led the nation through World War I, and ends with Donald J. Trump, who ushered the US into uncharted political and legal territory. In between, the country was confronted with international wars, the civil rights movement, 9/11, and the advent of the internet, all of which presented unique and pressing constitutional issues. The last one hundred years reveals the awesome powers of the American presidency in domestic and foreign affairs, illustrating how they have stood up to modern and novel legal challenges. The Presidents and the Constitution is for anyone interested in a captivating and illuminating account of one of the most compelling subjects in our American democracy.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Part VII World War I and the Great Depression -- 28 Woodrow Wilson -- 29 Warren G. Harding -- 30 Calvin Coolidge -- 31 Herbert Hoover -- Part VIII The New Deal and World War II -- 32 Franklin Delano Roosevelt -- 33 Harry S. Truman -- Part IX The Civil Rights Era -- 34 Dwight D. Eisenhower -- 35 John F. Kennedy -- 36 Lyndon B. Johnson -- Part X The Watergate Era and Reform -- 37 Richard M. Nixon -- 38 Gerald R. Ford -- 39 Jimmy Carter -- Part XI New Conservatives, New Democrats, and Polarization -- 40 Ronald Reagan -- 41 George H. W. Bush -- 42 William Jefferson Clinton -- Part XII The Era of Global Conflicts and Partisan Divide -- 43 George W. Bush -- 44 Barack Obama -- 45 Donald J. Trump -- Conclusion: An Evolving American Presidency -- Acknowledgments -- Photo Credits -- About the Contributors -- Index