President and nation : the making of modern America / John Kentleton.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-294) and index.

1. The Development of Modern America. 1. The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt. 2. The Nineteenth-century Background. 3. Republicans and Democrats: Hamilton and Jefferson. 4. Theodore Roosevelt in the White House. 5. The Progressive Moment. 6. Woodrow Wilson and Reform. 7. The United States Goes to War. 8. Normalcy in the Jazz Age. 9. Herbert Hoover and the American System -- 2. The Achievement of Liberalism. 1. The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt. 2. The Democrats Win Power. 3. FDR Enters the White House. 4. The New Deal. 5. The Expansion of the Presidency. 6. Liberals and Conservatives. 7. Harry Truman Continues the Struggle. 8. Eisenhower Republicanism. 9. John Kennedy Wins the Presidency. 10. Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society -- 3. The Attainment of World Power. 1. The Background to Foreign Policy. 2. Roosevelt and Isolationism. 3. Roosevelt as Wartime President. 4. Truman and the Commitment to Internationalism. 5. Eisenhower Assumes Control.

6. Kennedy the Cold War Warrior. 7. The Vietnam War. 8. Nixon, Kissinger and the 1970s. 9. Ronald Reagan and Anti-Communism. 10. George Bush and a New World Order. 11. Bill Clinton and the New Isolationism -- 4. The Resurgence of Conservatism. 1. The Conservative Conscience. 2. The Turning Conservative Tide. 3. The Election of 1968. 4. Richard Nixon in the White House. 5. The Imperial Presidency. 6. Presidential and Party Politics after Watergate. 7. Reagan, Bush and Conservatism. 8. Clinton and the 1990s.