Virginia Papers on the Presidency

Deals primarily with the presidency, defense and diplomacy as well as other themes of the Forums. Contents: Preface, Kenneth W. Thompson, Director, White Burkett Miller Center; Introduction, Kenneth W. Thompson; The American President From Roosevelt to Reagan, Jacques Freymond, the Geneva Institute; The Formulation of Defense Policy, William Graham Clayton, Jr. former Secretary of the Navy and Deputy Secretary of Defense; The President, the NSC and the Secretary of Defense, Robert Komer, former Ambassador and senior staff member of the National Security Council; The Reagan Presidency: An Assessment, Charles McDowell, columnist; Concluding Observations, Kenneth W. Thompson. Co-published with the Miller Center of Public Affairs.