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.     

遏制的逻辑——评艾森豪威尔政府对华“战争边缘”政策

朝鲜战争后,在中美处于准战争的状态下,艾森豪威尔政府对华采取极端的“战争边缘”(brinkmanship)政策。一时间,战争的阴霾笼罩在东亚上空。本主要分析了艾森豪威尔政府提出对华“战争边缘”政策的背景,指出在艾森豪威尔“大平衡”思想和杜勒斯“不对称反应”(asymmetrical response)理论的指导下,为实现以最小的代价获取对华最大限度的威慑和防止东亚小国与中国联盟进而破坏远东力量均势这两大战略目标,“战争边缘”政策包括了“边缘