The Post-Cold War Presidency

by Eksterowicz, Anthony J.; Hastedt, Glenn P.; Cronin, Thomas E.; Andrade, Lydia; Barger, Harold M.; Cookson, Chris E.; Faletta, Jean-Philippe; Goidel, Robert K.; Johnson, Loch K.; Lammers, William W.; Langley, Ronald E.; Langston, Thomas S.; Oliver, James K

• ISBN13: 9780847691593
• ISBN10: 0847691594
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-07-08
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

This accessibly-written volume discusses socio-cultural, political, and economic changes during and after the Cold War period and how these have affected modern presidential leadership. Prominent contributors cover key issues-image and character, domestic and foreign policy, distraction theory, domestic and international economics, executive/legislative relations, security/intelligence, executive dominance, and activist government-and suggest strategies for helping to ensure a strong presidency in the future.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Foreword	xi
Thomas E. Cronin
Introduction	1	(6)
Anthony J. Eksterowicz
Glenn P. Hastedt
PART ONE: FROM COLD WAR TO GLOBAL PRESIDENCY
Strategies for Presidential Leadership in the Post-Cold War Era	7	(19)
William W. Lammers
The Foreign Policy Presidency after the Cold War: New Uncertainty and Old Problems	26	(15)
James K. Oliver
Distracting Public Attention: Foreign Policy and the UN	41	(16)
Lydia M. Andrade
The Incredible Shrinking Image: From Cold War to Globalist Presidency	57	(26)
Harold M. Barger
PART TWO: THE POST-COLD WAR ECONOMIC PRESIDENCY
The New Economy, the End of the Cold War, and Presidential Evaluations	83	(17)
Robert K. Goidel
Todd G. Shields
Ronald E. Langley
Economic Intelligence and the CIA	100	(17)
Loch K. Johnson
PART THREE: THE POST-COLD WAR INSTITUTIONAL PRESIDENCY
Formal Executive Power: The Contemporary Presidency	117	(12)
Chris E. Cookson
The White House Legislative Liaison Office: An Opportunity for Foreign Policy Inter-Branch Collaboration in the Post-Cold War Era	129	(22)
Anthony J. Eksterowicz
Glenn P. Hastedt
PART FOUR: THE PRESIDENCY AND THE PERSON
From Character to Convenience: What Really Matter in Presidential Politics	151	(24)
Alexander Thomson
Jean-Philippe Faletta
Bill Clinton as Warren Harding: The Post-War President as a Problem in American Political Development	175	(12)
Thomas S. Langston
Index	187	(4)
About the Editors and Contributors	191