Ammon recreates his remarkable career, through his service in the revolutionary army, the Confederation Congress, to his exertions in James Madison's cabinet and his subsequent presidency.

    Again and again he has come up against the frustration of power.In this extraordinary political profile the authors of Lyndon B. Johnson: The Exercise of Power dissect every aspect of the Nixon administration to date. They show why, almost from the very beginning “the frustration of power” has characterized the Nixon Presidency, and how the reason lies in the personality of Richard Nixon himself—“a complicated, enigmatic man—sometimes super-pragmatic, sometimes doctrinaire, sometimes decisive, but always alone and sometimes lonely.”

    With active table of contents:Memorial AddressAbraham Lincoln - CharnwoodLincoln's First Inaugural AddressLincoln's Second Inaugural AddressThe Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln (Complete)Lincoln's Speeches and LettersLincoln; An Account of His Personal LifeLincoln's Last Hours