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  • 1
    UID:
    almafu_9961326477902883
    Format: 1 online resource (277 p.)
    ISBN: 9780823296033
    Content: In Managing Crisis: Presidential Disability and the Twenty-Fifth Amendment, the contributors explore not only the historical beginnings and the subsequent development of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment, but also its contributions to the health of the nation. The Watergate scandal of 1973-1974 solidified the Amendment's strength when it was invoked after the resignation of Vice President Spiro Agnew, and again after Richard Nixon's resignation. President Reagan's failure to use the Amendment in 1981 after being shot and seriously wounded disappointed those who championed its provisiouns but the strong backlash he received actually strengthened the Amendment and convinced subsequent Administrations to develop plans for its use. The President who takes office in 2001 is likely to devise similar plans. The Amendment is positioned to be a crucial tool if, as seems inevitable, the country again confronts a case of presidential inability, whether the inability entails illness or even kidnapping. It respects the presidency by making it difficult to oust a Chief Executive from exercising his powers and duties, giving a decisive role to those likely to protect the president and embodying checks and balances at every point in the processs.It avoids a definition of the term "inability" so as to provide decision-makers with flexibility and escapes the legalisms that such a definition could cause in a time of political turmoil. Both a legal and a political document, the Amendment deals with its subjects practically and in a manner consistent with the principle of separation of powers. It is likely to ensure stability and continuity in the event of a national crisis. The contributors to this essential volume are: Birch Bayh, three-term United States Senator from Indiana, who authored and sponsored both the Twenty-Fifth and Twenty-Sixth Amendments; John D. Feerick, Dean of the Fordham University School of Law and author of The Twenty-Fifth Amendment; Robert E. Gilbert, Professor of Political Science at Northeastern University, and author of The Mortal Presidency, which was designated a 1998 outstanding book by Choice; Jeol K. Goldstein, Professor of Law at St. Louis University School of Law and author of The Modern Vice-Presidency and Understanding Constitutional Law; Robert J. Joynt, Distinguished University Professor of Neurology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy at the University of Rochester; E. Connie Mariano; M.D., Personal Physician to President Clinton and Director of the White House Medical Unit; Lawrence C. Mhr, M.D., White House physician from 1987 to 1993, serving Presidents Reagan, Bush, and Clinton, and currently professor of Medicine and Director of the Environmental Biosciences Program at the Medical University of South Carolina; Jerrold M. Post, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Political Psychology Program at the George Washington University; Robert S. Robbins, Professor of Political Science at Tulane University and co-author of When Illness Strikes the Leader; Kenneth W. Thompson, Director of the Miller Center at the University of Virginia frm 1978 to 1998; James F. Toole, M.D., Teagle Professor of Neurology and Professor of Public Health Sciences at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest University; Tom Wicker, former Washington Bureau Chief for the New York Times, and James M. Young M.D., White House Physician serving Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, from 1963 to 1966.
    Note: Frontmatter -- , CONTENTS -- , Acknowledgments -- , Editor's Introduction -- , 1. The Twenty-Fifth Amendment: Its Origins and History -- , 2. The Genius of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment: Guarding against Presidential Disability but Safeguarding the Presidency -- , 3. Reflections on the Twenty-Fifth Amendment as We Enter a New Century -- , 4. Presidential Illness and the Twenty-Fifth Amendment: A Former White House Physician's Perspective -- , 5. In Sickness and in Health: Medical Care for the President of the United States -- , 6. Medical Considerations in the Determination of Presidential Disability -- , 7. Broken Minds, Broken Hearts, and the Twenty- Fifth Amendment: Psychiatric Disorders and Presidential Disability -- , 8. The President's Spouse, the President's Health, and the Twenty-Fifth Amendment -- , 9. The Vice Presidency and the Twenty-Fifth Amendment: The Power of Reciprocal Relationships -- , 10. The Imperfect but Useful Twenty-Fifth Amendment -- , 11. Report of the Working Group on Disability in U.S. Presidents -- , 12. Report of the Miller Center Commission on Presidential Disability and the Twenty-Fifth Amendment -- , Appendix: Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States -- , About the Contributors -- , Index , In English.
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780823220878
    Language: English
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  • 2
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    New York, NY : Basic Books
    UID:
    gbv_277657172
    Format: XVII, 314 S. , Ill.
    ISBN: 0465032087
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-303) and index
    Language: English
    Keywords: USA Präsident ; Krankheit
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  • 3
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    Westport, Conn. [u.a.] : Praeger
    UID:
    gbv_358708079
    Format: VIII, 288 S
    ISBN: 0275979318
    Series Statement: Contributions in American history 197
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index
    Language: English
    Keywords: Coolidge, Calvin 1872-1933 ; Krankheit ; Coolidge, Calvin 1872-1933 ; Fallstudie
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    North Quincy, MA :Christopher Publ.House,
    UID:
    almafu_BV006272301
    Format: 335 S.
    ISBN: 0-8158-0281-1
    Language: English
    Subjects: Political Science
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    Keywords: Präsident ; Präsidentenwahl ; Fernsehen
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  • 5
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    New York :Fordham Univ. Press,
    UID:
    almafu_BV026371450
    Format: XXIII, 277 S.
    Edition: 1. ed.
    ISBN: 0-8232-2086-9 , 0-8232-2087-7
    Language: English
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    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    New York, NY :Fordham University Press,
    UID:
    almafu_9961326629102883
    Format: 1 online resource (353 p.)
    ISBN: 9780823296958
    Content: The presidency is hazardous to your health. Fully two-thirds of our presidents have died before reaching their life-expectancy- despite being wealthier, better educated, and better cared for that most Americans. In Mortal Presidency, the first complete account of death and illness in the White House, Robert E. Gilbert looks at modern presidents including Coolidge, FDR, Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Reagan. He shows- in some cases, for the first time- that all suffered from debilitating medical problems, physical and/or psychological, which they frequently managed to conceal from the public but which, in important ways, affected their political lives. This edition is updated to include a brief look at Presidents Clinton and Bush, both of whom suffered sudden and unpleasant indispositions while in office which to some degree affected their presidencies.
    Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Acknowledgments -- , Introduction A President Falls, Another Collapses -- , Chapter ONE Presidential Pathology and Mortality -- , Chapter TWO The Trauma of Death: Calvin Coolidge -- , Chapter THREE Functioning in Chains: Franklin D. Roosevelt -- , Chapter FOUR Pain and Duty: Dwight D. Eisenhower -- , Chapter FIVE Illness at Camelot: John F. Kennedy -- , Chapter SIX Ambition and Torment: Lyndon B. Johnson -- , Chapter SEVEN Scars in the Teflon: Ronald Reagan -- , Chapter EIGHT Prescriptions -- , Notes -- , Index , In English.
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780823218370
    Language: English
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