Preparing to Be President : The Memos of Richard E. Neustadt.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (205 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Part 1 The Editor's Introduction -- The Truman Aide Turned Professor -- Part 2 Neustadt Memos for the Kennedy Transition -- Memo 1 Organizing the Transition -- Memo 2 Staffing the President-Elect -- Memo 2 Attachment A: Roosevelt's Approach to Staffing the White House -- Memo 2 Attachment B: Roosevelt's Approach to Staffing the Budget Bureau -- Memo 3 Cabinet Departments: Some Things to Keep in Mind -- Memo 4 White HouseTitles -- Memo 5 A White House Aide for Personnel and Congressional Liaison -- Memo 6 The National Security Council: First Steps -- Memo 7 Shutting Down Eisenhower's "Cabinet System -- Memo 8 Appointing Fred Dutton "Staff Secretary" Instead of "Cabinet Secretary -- Memo 9 Location of Disarmament Agency -- Memo 10 The Science Adviser: First Steps -- Memo 11 Coping with "Flaps" in the Early Days of the New Administration -- Memo 12 Possible Remarks by the President at the Outset of the Cabinet Meeting -- Part 3 Neustadt Memos from Reagan to Clinton -- Memo 13 Historical Problems in Staffing the White House -- Memo 14 Transition Planning during the Campaign -- Memo 15 "Lessons" for the Eleven Weeks -- Memo 16 Role of the Vice President -- Memo 17 Rules of Thumb (Based on Historical Experience) -- Memo 18 A White House Title for Hillary Clinton? -- Memo 19 Further Thoughts on the First Lady -- Part 4 The Author's Reflections -- Neustadt Advises the Advisers in 2000 -- Appendix -- Additional Sources -- Notes -- Index.
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Presidents -- United States. United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989. United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-.