The Eisenhower Administration: Bridge to the Institutionalized Legislative Presidency

Eisenhower's contributions to the modern presidency are primarily institutional and to some extent, stylistic: his reliance on the professionalism of civil servants in the Bureau of the Budget, his continuation of the annual programming process as well as the procedures for coordinating the executive branch's legislative role, his creation of a White House office to represent him on Capitol Hill, and his respect for Congress as a legislative body. What Eisenhower did not do is equally significant: he did not reject the model of an activist presidency, reverse the New and Fair Deal policies of his Democratic predecessors, or pursue his centrist agenda in a blatantly partisan manner. The Eisenhower experience demonstrates that incivility, inhumanity, and inanity are not inevitable consequences of divided government.     

Eisenhower and Nixon: A Friendship of Unequals

Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon are linked forever in the history of the American presidency, yet only recently have scholars paid notable attention to their relationship. While this uptick in research about how the two men related to each other has been important, it has not fully grappled with the political implications of their relationship. This article argues that understanding the friendship the two men had, including how it changed over time, provides insight into the way each viewed and conducted his own politics. I argue that the two most often shared an Aristotelian friendship of utility, which provided Eisenhower with a rising conservative politico and Nixon with a respected national figure for a mentor. Though neither would ever come to fully understand the other they influenced each other in profound ways.     

汉画像石中的“鱼车图”

汉画像石中有很多"鱼车图",很多学者认为是河伯出行图,但笔者认为"鱼车图"和文献记载的河伯出行形象不符。琴高骑鲤鱼升仙的故事在汉代已很流行,"鱼车图"应当是模仿这一故事。坐在鱼车上的尊者应当是墓主人,驾鱼车而升仙。     

试论艾森豪威尔政府时期的美国外层空间政策

本文对艾森豪威尔政府时期的美国外层空间政策进行了历史的考察。在冷战背景下 ,苏联成功发射第一颗人造卫星带来的冲击和人类对一个全新领域的初次涉入使艾政府的外空政策经历了几次反复 ,最终确立了具备一定指导意义、较为普遍适用的美国国家外层空间政策     

大漠“英雄树”

大自然的鬼斧神工,总是在消灭和更新着世间的一切。当你走进内蒙古额济纳旗巴丹吉林,那高耸的沙山,如刃的沙脊,连成茫茫沙海,一望无际。     

Eisenhower and Castro: US-Cuban relations, 1958-60

Books reviewed in this article:
United States Government Printing Office, Foreign Relations of the United States 1958-1960, Vol. V. American Republics
United States Government Printing Office, Foreign Relations of the United States 1958-1960, Vol. VI. Cuba