Presidents on Political Ground: Leaders in Action and What They FaceHow much power does a president really have? Theories and arguments abound pointlessly, Bruce Miroff says, if we don't understand the context in which presidents operate. Borrowing from Machiavelli, Miroff maps five fields of political struggle that presidents must traverse to make any headway: media, powerful economic interests, political coalitions, the high risk politics of domestic policy, and the partisan politics of foreign policy. The prince