executive privilege, 13, 38, 61, 97, 102, 107, 119, 123, 135, 233, 237, 246, 252, 264, 269–270

Ford, Gerald, 6, 25–28, 106, 225–254, 263, 265–266

foreign policy, 3–7, 12–17, 23, 25, 27, 34–36, 38–39, 46, 48–50, 61–62, 66, 70–71, 73–79, 84, 87, 95, 100–104, 106, 120, 125, 135, 137–138, 148, 163–168, 170, 172–174, 180, 182–183, 185–186, 191, 196, 203, 210, 214–215, 230–231, 233, 239–242, 251–252, 261, 265, 268, 270–271, 274, 278, 281

Gingrich, Newt, 6, 19, 51, 56, 60, 63, 65, 87, 114, 143

going public, 4, 15, 23–24, 39–40, 50, 64–65, 79, 87, 125, 244, 262–263

Healy, Gene, 3, 272

Iraq, 1, 66, 70–71, 73–77, 79, 84, 87–88, 137, 188, 202

Israel, 38, 103–104, 136, 148, 151, 181, 186, 214, 228, 241

Johnson, Lyndon, 6, 18, 25, 108, 163–179, 200, 210, 214–215, 275

Jones, Charles, 18, 33, 64, 71, 118, 121

Kennedy, Edward, 167, 180–182, 184, 187, 189–190, 226

Kennedy, John F., 17, 190, 196

Kissinger, Henry, 237, 239, 243

Korea, 62, 241

Kosovo, 137–138

Lewinsky, Monica, 6, 25, 61, 119, 125, 130

Little Rock, 9–10, 276

MacArthur, Douglas, 7, 9, 276

National Security Act of 1947, 36

NATO, 61–62, 132, 137, 148, 151, 241

Neustadt, Richard, 7–12, 15–18, 27, 34, 76, 87, 117, 125, 231, 253, 265–267, 274, 276–281

Nichols, David, 10

Nixon, Richard, 6, 14, 25–27, 41, 95–112, 119, 124, 135, 138, 142, 147–148, 151–152, 176, 189, 198, 225–226, 228, 232–236, 239–240, 242–246, 251–252, 264–265, 271, 274–275

Obama, Barack, 1–2, 14–15, 20–22, 28, 34, 76–78, 264, 276, 281

organizational changes, 24, 63, 77, 105, 121, 138, 148, 173, 188–190, 203, 242

pardon, 13, 233–235, 244, 252

Persian Gulf War, 196

persuasion, 3, 7–12, 14–17, 23, 26–27, 35–36, 45–48, 55–60, 65, 71–74, 84, 88, 98–101, 115–117, 119, 131–134, 148, 168–171, 181–184, 198–200, 210, 227–232, 238, 246, 253, 263, 265–267, 274, 277–278

political capital, 7, 12, 18, 101, 118, 231, 261, 273