Lecture notes

Tutorial readings

• Edward Greenberg and Benjamin Page, The Struggle for Democracy. HarperCollins, 1995: 434-439 (Pen Portraits of Presidents Truman to Clinton).
• Lou Cannon, President Reagan, Chapter 2, PublicAffairs, 2000.
• William Chafe, The Unfinished Journey (7th Edition), Oxford, 2001, pp. 448-473.
• Bruce J. Schulman, “‘Down to the Nut-Cutting’” in The Seventies: The Great Shift in American Culture, Society, and Politics, New York: Free Press, 2001, pp. 23-52.

Links

Commentary on Presidential Power

• http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/09/us/politics/for-obama-presidency-lyndon-b-johnson-looms-large.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=0 
• Excellent article on presidential power
  http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2014/mar/06/darkness-dick-cheney/
  On the abuses of power during the Bush administration. Mark Danner is well worth reading on this and other Bush related topics in the excellent NY Review of Books. 

Buying an ambassadorship

• http://m.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ambassador-france-jane-hartley-big-obama-fundraiser-article-1.2076845
• http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2012-12-13/the-economics-of-being-a-u-dot-s-dot-ambassador

Key moments in 20th century Presidential History

• Kennedy-Nixon debate 1960: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbrcRKqLSRw
• Chicago riots 1968: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Iye1NQy1NY
• Nixon insecurity:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFtcW5SrUW4&index=72&list=PL9DFDD5AF0E124844
• Nixon resigns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEOGJJ7UKFM
• Reagan moments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T43EzCUtSwQ
• Bob Hawke on Ronald Reagan: https://vimeo.com/23566874 (10 minutes in)

Vietnam War

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkg-bzTHeAk (Ohio)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A_X_6_9m2s (Fog of War)