Examines the development of the Kennedy ideals and explores their relevance in today's world

The Kennedy Legacy

History

Sorensen, Theodore C.

Americas

Macmillan Pub. Co.

A Different Kind of Presidency: A Proposal for Breaking the Political Deadlock

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

HarperCollins, Publishers

1963, columbia University press, New York, Paperback, Book Condition: UsedVeryGood, 013170 1C

Decision Making in the White House

Columbia Univ. Pr.

In Watchmen in the Night, Theodore Sorensen, lawyer and advisor to President John F. Kennedy, offers a comprehensive examination of Watergate and what Richard Nixon's reign and resignation mean to the American Presidency. Rejecting both the assertion that Nixon was a mere aberration and the assertion that Watergate was a culmination of what other Presidents had done, Sorenson sorts out what was new and different in Watergate, including some frank admissions about the Kennedy White House. The Presidency as seen from the inside is not as powerful as it looks from the outside, he writes, commenting on the limitations imposed by the bureaucracy, the press, the Congress, and the courts. Sorensen, while acknowledging a change in perspective since his White House days, still favors a strong Presidency and in fact believes it should be stronger on economic matters. Nevertheless, he feels too strongly about Vietnam and Watergate to defend the status quo, and insists on specific steps to implement "accountability." He deflates the mystique of the Presidency, urges reform in our selection of Presidents, and suggests specific clues for which to look in predicting presidential megalomania. His comparison of the Nixon and Kennedy staffs is particularly insightful. All of this is illustrated with examples of good and bad uses of presidential power. Watchmen in the Night gives the reader an extraordinary sense of how the White House is run and how it should be run.

Watchmen in the Night: Presidential Accountability after Watergate

MIT Press]

In Watchmen in the Night, Theodore Sorensen, lawyer and advisor to President John F. Kennedy, offers a comprehensive examination of Watergate and what Richard Nixon's reign and resignation mean to the American Presidency. Rejecting both the assertion that Nixon was a mere aberration and the assertion that Watergate was a culmination of what other Presidents had done, Sorenson sorts out what was new and different in Watergate, including some frank admissions about the Kennedy White House.  The Presidency as seen from the inside is not as powerful as it looks from the outside, he writes, commenting on the limitations imposed by the bureaucracy, the press, the Congress, and the courts. Sorensen, while acknowledging a change in perspective since his White House days, still favors a strong Presidency and in fact believes it should be stronger on economic matters. Nevertheless, he feels too strongly about Vietnam and Watergate to defend the status quo, and insists on specific steps to implement "accountability." He deflates the mystique of the Presidency, urges reform in our selection of Presidents, and suggests specific clues for which to look in predicting presidential megalomania. His comparison of the Nixon and Kennedy staffs is particularly insightful.  All of this is illustrated with examples of good and bad uses of presidential power. Watchmen in the Night gives the reader an extraordinary sense of how the White House is run and how it should be run.

Watchmen in the night: Presidential accountability after Watergate

Examines the development of the Kennedy ideals and explores their relevance in today's world

Kennedy Legacy

Biographies & Memoirs

Weidenfeld and Nicolson

Kennedy

Leaders & Notable People

New York, NY Harper & Row (1965)

The late President Kennedy's principal policy adviser and speechwriter articulates the strengths and aims of the Democratic party, explaining the party's basic platform and his own reasons for staying to true to the party line. National ad/promo.

Why I Am a Democrat

Henry Holt Co.

Ted Sorensen knew Kennedy the man, the senator, the candidate, and the president as no other associate did. From his hiring as a legislative assistant to Kennedy's death in 1963, Sorensen was with him during the key crises and turning points—including the spectacular race for the vice presidency at the 1956 convention, the launching of Kennedy's presidential candidacy, the TV debates with Nixon, and election night at Hyannis Port. The first appointment made by the new president was to name Ted Sorensen his Special Counsel. In Kennedy, Sorensen recounts failures as well as successes with surprising candor and objectivity. He reveals Kennedy's errors on the Bay of Pigs, and his attitudes toward the press, Congress, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Sorensen saw firsthand Kennedy's actions in the Cuban missile crises, and the evolution of his beliefs on civil rights and arms control. First published in 1965 and reissued here with a new preface, Kennedy is an intimate biography of an extraordinary man, and one of the most important historical accounts of the twentieth century.

Literature & Fiction

Classics

Borgo Pr

Now with a new preface, Kennedy is the intimate, #1 national bestselling biography of JFK by his great advisor Ted Sorensen. Part of the new Harper Perennial Political Classics series, Kennedy is a perceptive biography of an extraordinary man, and one of the 20th century’s most important sources of history.

Kennedy (Leaders of Our Time)

Smithmark Pub.

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Books by Sorensen, Theodore C.

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The Kennedy Legacy

A Different Kind of Presidency: A Proposal for Breaking the Political Deadlock

Decision Making in the White House

Watchmen in the Night: Presidential Accountability after Watergate

Watchmen in the night: Presidential accountability after Watergate

Kennedy Legacy

Kennedy

Why I Am a Democrat

Kennedy

Kennedy (Leaders of Our Time)