Presidential Debates Bibliography

Online Resources
Books

ONLINE RESOURCES

Commission on Presidential Debates
http://www.debates.org/

"Debating Our Destiny" (PBS)
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/debatingourdestiny/

"The Great Debate" (Museum of Broadcast Communications)
http://www.mbcnet.org/debateweb/

1996 Presidential Debate -- Hartford, CT
http://www.debates.org/pages/trans96a.html

1996 Presidential Debate -- University of San Diego
http://www.debates.org/pages/trans96b.html

1996 Presidential Debate (AllPolitcs)
http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/debates/

1996 Vice-Presidential Debate -- St. Petersburg, FL
http://www.debates.org/pages/trans96c.html

The State of the Debate (PBS Online Newshour, 1996)
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/

Twentieth Century Fund Task Force on Debates (1995)
http://epn.org/tcf/xxdebates.html

CJR Article: "Shaking Up the Great Debates" (1993)
http://www.cjr.org/year/92/3/debates.asp

"The Future of Presidential Debates" (1993)
http://www.annenberg.nwu.edu/pubs/debate/

1992 Presidential Debate -- Michigan State University
http://web.msu.edu/debate/debate.html

1992 Presidential Debate -- University of Richmond
http://park.org/Events/Debates/presdeb3.html

1992 Presidential Debate -- Washington University
http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/archives/debate/

1988 Presidential Debate -- University of California
http://www.debates.org/pages/trans88b.html

1988 Vice-Presidential Debate -- Omaha, NE
http://www.debates.org/pages/trans88c.html

1984 Vice-Presidential Debate -- Philadelphia, PA
http://www.debates.org/pages/trans84b.html

1980 Presidential Debate -- Cleveland, OH
http://www.debates.org/pages/trans80b.html

1976 Presidential Debate -- San Francisco, CA
http://www.debates.org/pages/trans76a.html

1960 Presidential Debate (Kennedy Library)
http://www.cs.umb.edu/jfklibrary/60-1st.htm

1960 Presidential Debate (Smithsonian)
http://www.si.edu/i+d/debate.arc.html

1960 Presidential Debate (AllPolitics)
http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/

1858 Lincoln - Douglas Debates
http://www.outfitters.com/
illinois/history/civil/debates.html

BOOKS

Anderson, John B. A Proper Institution:
Guaranteeing Televised Presidential Debate.
New York: Priority Press Publications, 1988.

Bishop, George F., Robert G. Meadow,
and Marilyn Jackson-Beeck, eds.
The Presidential Debates: Media, Electoral,
and Policy Perspectives.
New York: Praeger Publishers, 1978.

Bitzer, Lloyd and Theodore Rueter.
Carter vs. Ford: The Counterfeit Debates of 1976.
Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1980.

Carlin, Diana B. and Mitchell S. McKinney, eds.
The 1992 Presidential Debates in Focus.
Westport, Conn.: Praeger Publishers, 1994.

Friedenberg, Robert V. Rhetorical Studies
of National Political Debates 1960-1992.
Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 1994.

Hellweg, Susan A. and Michael Pfau, Steven R. Bryon.
Televised Presidential Debates:
Advocacy in Contemporary America.
New York: Praeger, 1992.

Hinck, Edward A. Enacting the Presidency:
Political Argument, Presidential Debates,
and Presidential Character.
Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 1993.

Holzer, Harold, ed., The Lincoln-Douglas Debates:
The First Complete Unexpurgated Text.
New York: HarperCollins, 1993.

Jamieson, Kathleen Hall, and David S. Birdsell.
Presidential Debates:
The Challenge of Creating an Informed Electorate.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1988.

Kraus, Sidney, ed. The Great Debates:
Carter vs. Ford, 1976.
Bloomington, IA.: Indiana University Press, 1979.

Kraus, Sidney, ed. The Great Debates:
Kennedy vs. Nixon, 1960.
Bloomington, IA.: Indiana University Press, 1962.

Kraus, Sidney. Televised Presidential Debates
and Public Policy.
Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1988.

Lanoue, David J. and Peter R. Schrott.
The Joint Press Conference:
The History, Impact, and Prospects of
American Presidential Debates.
Westport: Greenwood Press, 1991.

Lemert, James B., et al. News Verdicts,
the Debates, and Presidential Campaigns.
New York: Praeger, 1991.

Martel, Myles. Political Campaign Debates:
Images, Strategies, and Tactics.
New York: Longman and Company, 1983.

Minow, Newton N. and Clifford M. Sloan. For Great Debates:
A New Plan for Future Presidential TV Debates.
A Twentieth Century Fund Paper.
New York: Priority Press Publications, 1987.

Ranney, Austin. The Past and Future of Presidential Debates .
Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute, 1979.

Swerdlow, Joel L., ed. Presidential Debates 1988 and Beyond .
Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly, 1987.

Twentieth Century Fund. Let America Decide:
the Report of the Twentieth Century Fund Task Force
on Presidential Debates.
With a Background Paper by Anthony Corrado.
New York: The Twnetieth Century Fund Press, 1995.