Summary: From the beginning, the presidential office has beckoned to national heroes renowned for their selfless service to their country. This affinity is especially strong for men of military fame, for the president is formally commander-in-chief as well as symbolically the steward of the national interest. The U.S. president-as-national hero exemplifies the value we all place on authenticity in...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2000
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Summary: We forget that, in our nation's early years, taking part in political affairs was considered a duty and an honor, but not a way of life. However, in this program, we learn that it was not long before those whose lives were centered in politics, and the parties they represented, began to find their way to the White House. While the skills necessary for political success can be helpful to a...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2000
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Summary: How much power should the chief executive have? Though the powers of the presidency have expanded with the growth of the nation, the process has been anything but smooth. The prerogatives of the presidency are uncertain and their assertion is invariably contested. This program offers a close-up look at four presidencies that became the benchmarks in the development of executive power. It is a...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2000
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Summary: “The American public, from time to time, wishes to see the trustee who looks neither right nor left, but only up to the heavens and down to the work before him,” says presidential scholar Richard Neustadt. But is an independent cast of mind the best approach to the U.S. presidency? In this program, we explore the presidencies of four men who pursued a course that took little account of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2000
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Summary: The president has no greater responsibility than representing the nation on the world stage. Securing a stable world in which American interests can be asserted and defended has been a basic part of the president's job description from the very beginning of our constitutional history. This program profiles the lives of four men as they engage in this task at some of the most critical times in...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2000