Reviews

"An authoritative, balanced, and nuanced analysis of the presidential institution of the 1970s."--Rhetoric & Public Affairs"A study of major significance."--Perspectives on Political Science"This book quickly will become an indispensable reference for researchers trying to sort out who did what for which president in the 1970s. That so much fact is conveyed with so little pain is testament to the authors' organizational and stylistic skills."--Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

"Theoretically informed and archivally rich, this important book provides a welcome and much anticipated follow-up to the authors' previous award winning study."--John P. Burke, author of The Institutional Presidency"Expands and strengthens the authors' grand project analyzing change and variation in the White House office. . . . Indispensable for understanding the mature modern presidency."--Peri E. Arnold, author of Making the Managerial Presidency"A gracefully written and essential study that sheds considerable light on the operations of the modern presidency."--Melvin Small, author of The Presidency of Richard Nixon"An important contribution to our understanding of how the White House came to be what it is today."--James P. Pfiffner, author of The Strategic Presidency