Editor Michael Nelson carefully crafts a headnote for each selection to place it in historical context and convey the document's significance during its own time as well as its lasting effects on the office of the presidency. This edition offers eight all-new selections including James Madison's Notes of the Federal Convention, Franklin D. Roosevelt's Executive Order on Japanese-American Internment, and Barack Obama's 2015 State of the Union Address.

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New to this edition: Eight all new selections:






James Madison's Notes of the Federal Convention
Abraham Lincoln's Message to Congress in Special Session
Lord James Bryce, "Why Great Men Are Not Chosen Presidents"
Franklin D. Roosevelt's Executive Order on Japanese-American Internment
The Truman Doctrine
Lyndon B. Johnson's "Equality of Result" Address
National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Channing et al.
Barack Obama's 2015 State of the Union Address