Lexington Books
Pages: 296
Trim: 6¼ x 9½
978-1-4985-3763-6 • Hardback • February 2017 • $122.00 • (£94.00)
978-1-4985-3764-3 • eBook • February 2017 • $115.50 • (£89.00)
Alex E. Hindman is visiting assistant professor of political science at the College of the Holy Cross.
Introduction
Chapter 1: The National Nightmare is Over
Chapter 2: The Constitutional Pillars of the Presidency
Chapter 3: The Veto Power and the Power to Persuade
Chapter 4: Commander-in-Chief and the Armed Forces
Chapter 5: Spymaster-in-Chief and the Intelligence Community
Chapter 6: Take Care Clause and Legislative Encroachments
Chapter 7: Conclusion
Appendices
About the Author
Alex E. Hindman has written an important and long overdue book on the presidency of Gerald R. Ford. Taking office under extraordinary circumstances, Ford doggedly resisted efforts to transform the American constitutional order. Hindman has done a remarkable public service by reminding us of Ford's vital role in protecting both presidential prerogatives and the Constitution itself. The nation's 38th president never received the tributes due him—now, thanks to Alex Hindman, that is no longer the case.
— Stephen F. Knott, United States Naval War College
No president since Lincoln entered the White House in a more precarious political position than Gerald Ford in 1974, and the drama of those years has overshadowed Ford’s deeper statesmanship in defending the presidency and the separation of powers from the destructive furies the Vietnam-Watergate era unleashed. Alex Hindman deserves our gratitude for throwing a light on this important subtext of Ford’s unique tenure as our only un-elected president.
— Steven F. Hayward, University of California, Berkely