POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Harry S. Truman; Dwight D. Eisenhower; John F. Kennedy; and Lyndon B. Johson

" . [T]wo questions are of transcendent importance and interest: (1) What is trhe extent of the power that has been conferred upon the President of the United States, and (2) What is the extent to which our recent presidents have exercised that power?" [Foreword] Timely questions! Three of the six papers were written by the editor: Precedents: Powerful Presidents, 1789-1945; Lyndon B. Johnson: Extensions of Power; and {residential Power in the Nuclear Age. The other papers are: Harry S. Truman: New Dimensions of Power (O'Connor); Dwight D. Eisenhower: Reluctant Use of Power (De Conde); and John F. Kennedy: Experiments with Power (Travis). 279 (+ xii unnumbered) pages, with illustrations, Notes, Bibliography, Acknowledgments, Notes on the Authors, and Index; laid in is a complimentary note from the publisher. Boards and text are clean and near new.