An edition of At the President's side (1997)

At the President's side

the vice presidency in the twentieth century

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An edition of At the President's side (1997)

At the President's side

the vice presidency in the twentieth century

The essays in this book trace the evolution of the vice presidency in the twentieth century from Theodore Roosevelt to Dan Quayle. The first five chapters tell the stories of a colorful collection of the men chosen because of their native states or their political acumen, but not their leadership abilities. The next four chapters form a mosaic of tragedy. Richard Nixon rose from the vice presidency to the presidency only to be forced from office.

Lyndon Johnson's tenure ended unhappily because of the prolonged fighting in Vietnam. Hubert Humphrey was humiliated as vice president by a man who should have known better. And Spiro Agnew was rousted from the office by petty greed.

The following four chapters tell the story of a new vice presidency. Nelson Rockefeller, Walter Mondale, George Bush, and Dan Quayle redefined the job that not many people wanted but that few could refuse. In a particularly valuable essay.

Quayle reflects on the checkered past of his predecessors, gives credit to Walter Mondale for rehabilitating the vice presidency, and tells of his working relationship with George Bush - offering a unique glimpse of an office that is quickly becoming the second most powerful in the nation.

Addressing the future of the office, Richard E. Neustadt provides a detailed analysis of the nucleus of vice presidential power - proximity to the president. To whit, we have Neustadt's maxim: "The power and influence of a vice president is inversely proportional to the political distance between that vice president and his president. The greater the distance the less the power."

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English
Pages
250

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At the President's side: the vice presidency in the twentieth century
1997, University of Missouri Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-225) and index.

Published in
Columbia, Mo

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
973/.09/9
Library of Congress
JK609.5 .A7 1997, JK609.5.A7 1997

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 250 p. ;
Number of pages
250

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL671525M
Internet Archive
atpresidentsside00unse
ISBN 10
082621133X
LCCN
97017515
OCLC/WorldCat
36961037
Library Thing
8558412
Goodreads
1316582

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