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Bitter Harvest: FDR, Presidential Power and the Growth of the Presidential Branch Dickinson, Matthew J. (Harvard University, Massachusetts)
Bitter Harvest: FDR, Presidential Power and the Growth of the Presidential Branch
Dickinson, Matthew J. (Harvard University, Massachusetts)
This book argues that modern presidents could learn much from Franklin Roosevelt's method of organizing his presidency. Roosevelt consciously avoided a large, functionally-specialized White House bureaucracy. Instead, he developed staff agencies composed mostly of civil servants.
284 pages, bibliography
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | December 28, 1996 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521481939 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 284 |
| Dimensions | 160 × 236 × 25 mm · 570 g |
| Language | English |