Five Presidents On The Presidency

Our last five Presidents have recorded on television their thoughts and feelings about their responsibilites. These men talk about the key aspects of their offices: Presidential power, choices and decisions, relations with congress, relations with the press, foreign policy, the President as a politician, and the Presidency in retrospect., Questions Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon as to what they felt were the major accomplishments of their administrations as well as the major problems and disappointments they encountered in office. Discusses the various roles a President assumes as he exercises presidential power. Shows how each man changed the Presidency and, in turn, how the Presidency changed each man who held the office. Introduced by Eric Sevareid.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.