Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Notes on Contributors viii
5. An introduction to presidential legacy 1
6. 1. Presidential temples: America’s presidential libraries and centers from the 1930s to today 11
7. 2. Presidential legacy: A literary problem 26
8. 3. Pennsylvania Avenue meets Madison Avenue: The White House and commercial advertising 55
9. 4. Eisenhower’s Farewell Address in history and memory 76
10. 5. Pageantry, performance, and statecraft: Diplomacy and the presidential image 103
11. 6. “You’ve got to decide how you want history to remember you”: The legacy of Lyndon B. Johnson in film and television 133
12. 7. The farewell tour: Presidential travel and legacy building 158
13. 8. Reflecting or reshaping?: Landmark anniversaries and presidential legacy 206
14. 9. From a “new paradigm” to “memorial sprawl”: The Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Memorial 227
15. 10. Top Trumps: Presidential legacies, new technologies, and a new generation 258
16. Epilogue: Confessions of a presidential biographer 277
17. Index 284