The Virginia Papers on the Presidency: The Miller Center Forums 1991-1996 (Volume XXX) (The Virginia Papers on the Presidency Series, Volume XXX) - Hardcover

Thompson, Kenneth W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0761809023 ISBN 13: 9780761809029

Publisher: UPA, 1997

Synopsis

This volume explores the dual role of the president―leader of the American people and leader and spokesman for the United States. Part I examines the roles of the president through discussions of presidential leadership at summits, relations between Congress and the president, and the organization of policy-making. In Part II the focus shifts to the role of presidential communication in the international arena. American intervention is analyzed and the role of the U.N. executive committee is considered. The experiences of presidents on crucial domestic issues―education and science―is the theme of Part III. Contributors discuss how presidential policy on these issues influences the nation's future, both domestically and internationally. Part IV is a case study of the Cuban Missle Crisis that typifies the executive's role in the international setting, and Part V focuses on public philosophy and how it relates to urgent political problems. The book concludes with observations by the Miller Center's director on the history of the Center, the Miller Center series, and the contribution of public forums to a free and constructive exchange of ideas.

About this title

About the Author:

Kenneth W. Thompson is Director of Public Affairs and J. Wilson Newman Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs at The Miller Center of Public Affairs in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Review:

...a superb account of the hard policy decision the President has to make in such matters as national security, the atomic crisis and many delicate aspects of foreign policy. The volume has clarified much debated policy problems and procedures for thebenefit of all persons interested in the exercise of presidential power. (Stephen D. Kertesz, Notre Dame)

...a superb account of the hard policy decision the President has to make in such matters as national security, the atomic crisis and many delicate aspects of foreign policy. The volume has clarified much debated policy problems and procedures for the benefit of all persons interested in the exercise of presidential power. (Stephen D. Kertesz, Notre Dame)

About this edition

• Publisher: UPA
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0761809023
• ISBN 13: 9780761809029
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208