Part One: Outside and Inside the White House
Chapter 1: Outside the Gates: A No-Consensus Society
Chapter 2: Inside the Gates: Alternatives for Organizing a White House
Part Two: The Not-So-Bashful Bureaucracy
Chapter 3: The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Chapter 4: "To Summarize and Analyze...Refine the Confliciting Views": The Domestic Policy Staff
Chapter 5: The National Economic Council
Chapter 6: The "Just-Us" Department: The Counsel to the President
Chapter 7: Legislative Affairs: "An Ambulatory Bridge across a Constitutional Gulf"
Chapter 8: Equidistant in an Adversarial Relationship: The Press Secretary
Chapter 9: The Continuing Campaign: The Office of Communications
Chapter 10: Judson Welliver and His Successors: The Speechwriting Office
Chapter 11: Representing Interests and Building Coalitions: The Office of Public Liaison
Chapter 12: Achievements versus Activities: The Office of Presidential Scheduling
Chapter 13: Energizer for Federalism: The Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
Chapter 14: Supporting Political Central: The Office of Political Affairs and Independent Political Consultants
Chapter 15: Control All the Way Down: The Office of Presidential Personnel
Chapter 16: Manager of Apparently Effortless Success: The Advance Office
Chapter 17: First-Magnitude Czars: Special Assistants for Special Purposes
Chapter 18: First Special Counselor: The President's Spouse
Chapter 19: Second Special Counselor: The Vice President
Chapter 20: Third Special Counselor: The Vice President's Spouse
Chapter 21: The President's Centripetal Offices
Part Three: The Professional White House
Chapter 22: Serving the Presidency: The Professional Staffs of the Modern White House
Part Four: White House Service in the Years Ahead
Chapter 23: The Essense of White House Service: Looking to the Future
Notes
Index
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