[PDF] The Presidential Election And Transition 1960 1961 eBook

Author : Paul Theodore David
Publisher : Washington : Brookings Institution
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 20,27 MB
Release : 1961
Category : Presidents
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Lectures on the nominations, national conventions, presidential campaigns, and other aspects of the election of 1960.

Author : Paul Theodore David
Publisher : Washington : Brookings Institution
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 30,7 MB
Release : 1961
Category : Presidents
ISBN :

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Lectures on the nominations, national conventions, presidential campaigns, and other aspects of the election of 1960.

Author : W. J. Rorabaugh
Publisher :
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 13,43 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
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When John Kennedy won the presidency in 1960, he also won the right to put his own spin on the victory. Rorabaugh cuts through the mythology of this election to explain the operations of the campaign and offer a corrective to Theodore White's flawed classic, 'The Making of the President'.

Author : Irwin F. Gellman
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 14,17 MB
Release : 2022-01-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0300245033

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Based on massive new research, a compelling and surprising account of the twentieth century's closest election The 1960 presidential election between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon is one of the most frequently described political events of the twentieth century, yet the accounts to date have been remarkably unbalanced. Far more attention is given to Kennedy's side than to Nixon's. The imbalance began with the first book on that election, Theodore White’s The Making of the President 1960—in which (as he later admitted) White deliberately cast Kennedy as the hero and Nixon as the villain—and it has been perpetuated in almost every book since then. Few historians have attempted an unbiased account of the election, and none have done the archival research that Irwin F. Gellman has done. Based on previously unused sources such as the FBI's surveillance of JFK and the papers of Leon Jaworski, vice-presidential candidate Henry Cabot Lodge, and many others, this book presents the first even-handed history of both the primary campaigns and the general election. The result is a fresh, engaging chronicle that shatters long†‘held myths and reveals the strengths and weaknesses of both candidates.

Author : Elaine C. Kamarck
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 16,39 MB
Release : 2016-07-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0815727798

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Failure should not be an option in the presidency, but for too long it has been the norm. From the botched attempt to rescue the U.S. diplomats held hostage by Iran in 1980 under President Jimmy Carter and the missed intelligence on Al Qaeda before 9-11 under George W. Bush to, most recently, the computer meltdown that marked the arrival of health care reform under Barack Obama, the American presidency has been a profile in failure. In Why Presidents Fail and How They Can Succeed Again, Elaine Kamarck surveys these and other recent presidential failures to understand why Americans have lost faith in their leaders—and how they can get it back. Kamarck argues that presidents today spend too much time talking and not enough time governing, and that they have allowed themselves to become more and more distant from the federal bureaucracy that is supposed to implement policy. After decades of "imperial" and "rhetorical" presidencies, we are in need of a "managerial" president. This White House insider and former Harvard academic explains the difficulties of governing in our modern political landscape, and offers examples and recommendations of how our next president can not only recreate faith in leadership but also run a competent, successful administration.

Author : Stephen Hess
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 25,78 MB
Release : 2010-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815717713

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Comments on the previous editions: "Hess brings not only first-rate credentials, but a cool, dispassionate perspective, an incisive analytical approach, and a willingness to stick his neck out in making judgments...."— American Political Science Review"This book is a timely and useful launching device for classroom or civic discussions of this important political process."— Perspective"In barely over a hundred pages of smooth and easy prose, Hess manages to cover a large number of campaign topics. Refusing to get bogged down in mechanics or trivia, he constantly reverts to the connection between the character of the electoral process and the caliber of the men who flourish in it."— Polity

Author : Martha Joynt Kumar
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 30,35 MB
Release : 2015-06-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 142141659X

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"Having watched from a front row seat as many incumbent and electoral campaign presidential teams managed administration transitions, Martha Kumar was struck by how productively the Bush and Obama teams worked together to effect a smooth transition of power in 2008. She has reflected upon what made the transition so effective, and wonders if it could be a model for future incoming and outgoing administrations. This book focuses on the preparations made by President Bush's transition team as well as those by Senators Obama and McCain as one administration exited and the other entered the White House. Using this recent transition as a lens through which to examine the presidential transition process, Kumar simultaneously outlines the congressional legislation that paved the way for this distinctive transition and interweaves comparative examples from previous administrative transitions going back to Truman-to-Eisenhower. She evaluates the early and continuing actions by the General Services Administration to plan and set up transition offices; the work on financial disclosure issues handled by the Office of Government Ethics; and the Office of Management and Budget's preparatory work. In this fascinating historical and contemporary vivisection of presidential transitions, Kumar maps out, in the words of former NSA advisor General James L. Jones, the characteristics of a smooth "glide path" for presidential campaign staffs and their administrations"--