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The last days of the old year underlined the painful truth once again — America is the blind giant, its three astronauts circling tlie moon in a dizzying display of technologic expertise, while on earth its diplomats and statesmen played out the bizarre farce attending the release of the Pueblo crewmen from North Korean captivity and simultaneously lapsed into an exchange of invective with the Saigon junta we once hailed as a vehicle for the constitutional salvation of South Vietnam.The Apollo 8 journey was, of course, wholly admirable—a stunning reversal of America's space fortunes in little more than a decade. What money, organization, application, and no doubt a vast engineering talent can do, the United States has done in space.

This fascinating multi-volume set illuminates the panorama of American history through the personal and professional stories of the nation's presidents. Arranged chronologically, and covering George Washington to George W. Bush, it juxtaposes the lives of each year's current, former, and future living presidents against each other and the historical backdrop of their times. Each chapter opens with a summary of the year and describes the major issues and events the incumbent president faced. Separate sections within each chapter - ""Former Presidents"" and ""Future Presidents""--Detail importa

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Acronyms -- Introduction -- 1. Presidential Power and Impact -- 2. The Modern White House -- 3. Year Zero -- 4. Task One: Assemble a Year Zero Leadership Team -- 5. Task Two: Develop a Strategy and Operating Model -- 6. Task Three: Design Core Processes to Achieve Action -- 7. Task Four: Design a Coherent White House Structure -- 8. Task Five: Plan for the First Two Hundred Days -- 9. Task Six: Build a Policy Pipeline -- 10. Task Seven: Build a People Pipeline -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.