1. James Pfiffner and Roger H. Davidson, Eds., Understanding the Presidency, Third Edition (London: Longman, 2003 or latest edition)
2. Joseph A. Pika and John Anthony Maltese, The Politics of the Presidency, Sixth Edition (Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2004 or latest edition)
3. Michael Nelson, Ed., The Evolving Presidency. Addresses, Cases…and Landmark Documents, 1787-2004 (Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2004 or latest edition)
4. Bruce J. Schulman, Lyndon B. Johnson and American Liberalism: A Brief Biography with Documents (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 1995 (or Daniel Horowitz, Jimmy Carter and the Energy Crisis of the 1970s (Bedford-St. Martin’s: 2005)
5. copied materials handed out by the instructor;
6. instructor approved reading lists for students’ individual projects