Introduction Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) entered the White House in 1933 in the midst of the nation's largest economic depression. Approximately 25 percent of the work force was unemployed, industrial production was bleak, and the bank system was collapsing. Overseas, the economic situation ...

Profile of Power:Why Did He Have It&How Did He Use ItJoe EberlyProf. FrazierHON 338 - Director's Symposium12/12/01There have been an ever-growing number of Presidents to call the White House their home and claim the highest leadership position in the free world. Each one has left his mark on histor...

Is Tony Blair more like a President than a Prime Minister In order to assess whether Tony Blair's leadership is more presidential than prime ministerial, one must first consider the significant differences between the presidential and Parliamentary regimes. The Presidential system of go...

Gerald R. Ford Evaluation of a President When researching my option on a president who I should evaluate, I decided to choose President Gerald R. Ford. Ford had served as president from 1974 to 1977, after the unprecedented resignation of Nixon on Aug. 9, 1974. President Ford was president w...

Before the 1976 election, "Nixon's successors attempted to restore the nation's lost faith in government" (as cited in Britten, and Mathless, 1998, p.46). Ford's efforts to tame inflation without plunging the economy into recession failed. Society needed a noble, honest...

France, in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, did not have a government anywhere near as complex as the current one in the United States. This allowed their leader, Napoleon Bonaparte, total control without fear of consequences for his actions. The United States of America is a demo...

"Electoral College in Today's World" On November 7th, 2000, registered citizens of United States voted. I believed that my vote would make a great difference as to who would be president. Later that evening the news slowly displayed the progress of each state as all of the vot...

The play Antigone by Sophocles begins with the death of Antigone's two brothers Eteocles and Polyneices. The two brothers kill each other in a duel when Eteocles refuses to step down from the throne and allow his brother to be king. After their deaths, Kreon becomes king and orders Eteocles ...

The master described by Lao-Tzu is a great diplomat who governs his people justly. The master shows that he is not egocentric because of his unrelenting duty to the people. His devotion to his position and his love for his countrymen create a symbyosis between the king and his kingdom which only r...

Presidential LeadershipMany scholars and academics have claimed that Richard Neustadt's book Presidential Power and the Modern Presidents, a brilliant and insightful commentary on not only the workings of the office of the president but also the pitfalls any president can encounter as well as the ...

Throughout history, many men and women have been recognized for going above and beyond the call of duty to serve their country, whether civilian or military. For some that is not enough. It is these people that are remembered for generations by their extraordinary actions. Franklin Delano Roo...

James Monroe was formally elected to his uncle's seat in the Virginia House of Delegates. Within a short time, Monroe's legislative colleagues arranged for him to sit on the Governor's Council, a position with little power but immense prestige for a newcomer. As a member of the...

Gerald R. FordEvaluation of a PresidentGOV2302 Joe J. BrionesWhen researching my option on a president who I should evaluate, I decided to choose President Gerald R. Ford. Ford had served as president from 1974 to 1977, after the unprecedented resignation of Nixon on Aug. 9, 1974. President Ford was...

In the 1970s and 1980s, America experienced the presidencies of two great presidents by the names of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. Even though the two men came from different backgrounds, they had similarities in the way they ran the country. Some of their actions were applauded for and some were...

November 2, 2004 will mark the date of the upcoming Presidential Election between John Kerry and George W. Bush. It's been a close race between the two men so far, and with each passing vote we get closer to the answer of everyone's question, "who is going to be elected for president ...

he idea of a British Presidency is an exaggeration. Discuss. This essay is not simply about Britain turning into a second America, it is not just about a changing culture, it looks into how Tony Blair since winning the 1997 General Election has employed tactics and strategies of various American ...

George Washington is best known as the first president of the United States, and a man of moral fortitude with his famous cherry tree legend. However, there is much more to Washington's extensive character and contribution that give him the legacy of being, perhaps the most influential leade...

Throughout the history of the world, there have been many different forms of government, ranging from monarchies, dictatorships, republics, and even anarchy. Respectively each of these governments has their good points and bad points. I believe that a government where the people choose who is in pow...

The Civil War is sometimes referred to as the Second American Revolution. This is a suitable description because of the tremendous impact it had on our economic, political, and social development. President Abraham Lincoln succeeded in keeping the United States intact during this transition where ma...

This coming year, in 1999, our Federal Government will spend over $1.7 trillion. They use this money to support causes that aid to the betterment of society, the health of the people, research for better and new materials, education, and one of the biggest, the military. Each year, by the first Mond...

When evaluating the balance between Federalist and Anti-Federalist influence in the United States, one must also have a firm understanding on the basis of their views as they apply to the Constitution itself. The first mention of Federalism was in the 17th century, though strictly in religious te...

In the beginning of the 20th Century, the diverse American people were convulsed by a reform movement. They were known as "progressives," and they waged war on many evils including monopolies, corruption, inefficiency, and social injustice. The progressives had two primary goals, to use state powe...

On May 4th, 1970, four students were killed, eight injured, when shots fired out everywhere across the Kent State University Campus (www.may4.org) . This tragedy both symbolically, and chronologically marked the end of a turbulent decade – the "decade of discontent" as some people ...

By any criteria the years following the War of 1812, otherwise known as the "Era of Good Feelings," must be considered a time of exceptional growth and development in the United States, but above all, it may be considered a time of evolution and ripening of American nationalism, unificatio...

In a world where the most vulnerable members of society suffer, it's comforting to reflect on the protective umbrella of democracy and the rule of law. As the innovators behind some of the world's latest peacekeeping hardware, with all-embracing air, sea, land and space capability, "b...