Bibliography: Students and Teachers
Beschloss, Michael R.. Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2008. Print. Excellent overview of courageous presidential actions. Simple read.
Brinkley, Alan and Davis Dyer, ed. The American Presidency; The Authoritative Reference. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin, 2004. Print. Enlightening essays on every president through George W. Bush authored by different experts.
Fisher, Louis. Constitutional Conflicts Between Congress and the President. Revised ed. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 2007. Print. Points out presidential leadership in crisis situations.
Garsten, Bryan. Saving Persuasion: A Defense of Rhetoric and Judgment. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2006. Print. Challenging read with philosophical references but compelling arguments backed with logic.
Greenstein, Fred I. The Presidential Difference: Leadership Style from FDR to Barack Obama (Third Edition). 3 ed. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009. Print. Easy reading about varying leadership styles. The current edition has a section on Barak Obama.
Heinrichs, Jay. Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion. new york: Three Rivers Press, 2007. Print. It is a simple read for high school students to begin to think about what they do everyday, speak and make arguments. Many connections are made to ancient rhetoricians and average pop stars.
Lakoff, George. The Political Mind: Why You Can't Understand 21st-Century American Politics with an 18th-Century Brain. New York: Viking Adult, 2008. Interesting assessment of the shift in presidential power. Fits with his other book, Framing the Debate.
Lowi, Theodore J.. The Personal President: Power Invested, Promised Unfulfilled. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1986. Print. Analyzes failures to teach lessons and show what leaders could have done differently.
Mcgann, Eileen, and Dick Morris. Because He Could. Brattleboro: Harper Paperbacks, 2005. Print. Interesting insight on Bill Clinton's motivation.
Neustadt, Richard E. Presidential Power And The Modern Presidents: The Politics of Leadership From Roosevelt to Reagan. New York: The Free press, 1990. Print. Breaks down leadership techniques and makes comparisons.
Rogers, William. Persuasion: Messages, Receivers, and Contexts. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2006. Print.
Safire, William. Lend Me Your Ears Great Speeches in Hist. New York: W W Norton & Co, 1992. Print. Safire divides speeches into several topics; social, political, funeral. He includes many speeches from average Americans.
Schlesinger, Robert. White House Ghosts. New York: Simon & Scheuster. 2008. Great insight from the son of a speechwriter. New facts brought to light.
Shogan, Colleen J.. The Moral Rhetoric of American Presidents (Presidential Rhetoric Series). Revised ed. College Station: Tamu Press, 2007. Print. Complex but insightful analysis of presidential talk.
Skowronek, Stephen. The Politics Presidents Make: Leadership from John Adams to Bill Clinton. 1995. Reprint. Cambridge: Belknap Press, 1997. Print. Compares presidents on leadership styles.
Speeches that Changed the World: The Stories and Transcripts of the Moments that Made History. Cambridge: Quercus, 2008. Unique compilation that comes with an audio CD.
"The Living Room Candidate." The Living Room Candidate. N.p., 1 Jan. 1999. Web. 13 July 2010. http://livingroomcandidate.org>. This site has Presidential campaign advertisements with links to background and election results.
Tulis, Jeffrey K.. The Rhetorical Presidency. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1988. Print. A bit challenging for High School students. Covers the creation of the rhetorical Presidency as a watershed.
Waldman, Michael. My Fellow Americans: The Most Important Speeches of America's Presidents, from George Washington to George W. Bush (Book & CD). Har/Com ed. Naperville: Sourcebooks Mediafusion, 2003. Print. Source for presidential speeches in print and audio. Excellent background on each leader.
Wills, Garry. Lincoln at Gettysburg. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1992. Print. Excellent commentary on Lincoln and his rhetorical struggles during the Civil War, mainly the Gettysburg Address. Great background for persuasion.
Windt, Theodore and Beth Ingold. Presidential rhetoric: The imperial age, 1961-1974. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co, 1978. Print. Windt was so popular at the University of Pittsburgh since he used rhetorical tools to teach Presidential rhetoric. He greatly expanded the field.
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