Books in the The President's Position: Debating the Issues series

This work offers broad analysis of the first five presidential administrations and specific exerpts from original documents supporting and opposing the president's position. Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe speak for themselves on key issues of their times.

This rich resource of primary documents enables students to read these arguments first hand, and feel the passions and study the logic driving their often forceful positions. All of the primary documents are annotated and placed into historical context.

This resource of primary documents and commentary covers the Taylor through Grant administrations by selecting and describing five to ten of the foremost issues of the day and showing the actual text of the president's position along with the opposing viewpoint. The presidents from 1849-1877 were men of varied backgrounds and talents.

Using primary documents and commentary, this book examines the presidents of the Gilded Age and the issues they faced.

This invaluable student resource provides an historical overview on the most controversial issues of the Nixon, Ford, and Carter administrations, allowing the presidents and their opponents to speak for themselves through primary documents.

These opposing documents, along with introductions which place the issues in political context, will enable students to debate the great issues of the day. This resource covers thirty-seven key issues and initiatives of the Hoover, Roosevelt, and Truman presidencies.