The Modern Presidency

by James P. Pfiffner

THE MODERN PRESIDENCY is a concise, accessible and sophisticated text that uses cases to illustrate important aspects of presidential action and decision-making. Written by a top scholar on the presidency, and thoroughly updated through the summer of 2009 to include the presidency of Barack Obama, the book looks at presidents as individuals and at the large institutions that make up the modern presidency.

Genres: Politics, Political Science, Nonfiction

304 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1993

Reviews

[Jewels · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book ought to be called "The Modern Presidency: Recent Presidential F***-ups". More critical than anything, the only redeeming quality it had was some anecdotes that I had not heard or read about before concerning some of the presidents.

[Whitney Anderson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good book but a little redundant... I could have gotten the same information in 1/3 less pages...

[Jenny Bispo]

Heard this is a good read, let's see!!!