Questions and quandaries of presidential leadership
The constrained presidency: a conditional theory of presidential leadership
Presidential (non-) leadership of public opinion
Successful presidential leadership of public opinion
Case studies of successful leadership (domestic policy)
Nixon implements wage and price controls
Reagan and the negotiation over the budget
Clinton and the budget debate
Case studies of unsuccessful leadership (domestic policy)
Kennedy's Medicare proposal
Ford attempts to 'whip inflation now'
Reagan 'reforms' social security
Case studies of successful leadership (foreign policy)
Evolution of Johnson's Vietnam policy
Carter on the Panama Canal treaties
Bush and the initiation of the Gulf War
Case studies of unsuccessful leadership (foreign policy)
Nixon (temporarily) escalates Vietnam
Reagan presses for 'contra' funding
Clinton withdraws from Somalia
Implications for leadership and the public presidency
Epilogue: Presidents 43 and 44
Appendix A. Case selection and matching statements and opinion polling
Appendix B. Case study selection and archival data collection
Appendix C. Models and data.