Introduction: presidents and civil liberties
Part I. The Early Years
Woodrow Wilson and the suppression of civil liberties in World War I
Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover : civil liberties in the wilderness
Franklin D. Roosevelt : the mixed legacy of a strong president
Part II. Civil Liberties in the Cold War and Civil Rights Eras
Harry Truman : courage and contradictions
Dwight D. Eisenhower : a failure of presidential leadership
John F. Kennedy : the failed promise of the new frontier
The glory and the tragedy of Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon : a singular abuse of presidential power
Part III. The Post-Watergate Era
Gerald Ford : a minor president in very interesting times
Jimmy Carter : failed president, good civil libertarian
Ronald Reagan : and George H. W. Bush : the neoconservative assault on civil liberties
Bill Clinton : the divided soul of a "new democrat"
Part IV. Civil Liberties in the Age of Terrorism
George W. Bush : a systematic assault on the constitution over to "The Dark Side"
Conclusion : reflections on presidents, civil liberties, and democracy : with observations on Barack Obama.
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Presidents and civil liberties from Wilson to Obama : a story of poor custodians by Samuel Walker. ISBN 9781107016606. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
