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The presidential difference : leadership style from FDR to Barack Obama / Fred I. Greenstein.

Title
The presidential difference : leadership style from FDR to Barack Obama / Fred I. Greenstein.
Author
Greenstein, Fred I.
Publication
Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2009.

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Description
vii, 329 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
Compares thirteen presidential roles from Franklin Roosevelt to William Clinton, and focuses on their political skill, communication style, organizational ability, and much more.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History
Note
  • Previous ed.: 2004.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-291) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The presidential difference -- The virtuosic leadership of Franklin D. Roosevelt -- The uneven leadership of Harry S. Truman -- The unexpected Eisenhower -- Coming to terms with Kennedy -- Lyndon B. Johnson and the primacy of politics -- The paradox of Richard Nixon -- The instructive presidency of Gerald Ford -- Jimmy Carter and the politics of rectitude -- Ronald Reagan : the innocent as agent of change -- The highly tactical leadership of George H.W. Bush -- The undiciplined Bill Clinton -- George W. Bush and the politics of agenda control -- The presidential breakthrough of Barack Obama -- Lessons from the modern presidency.
ISBN
  • 9780691143835 (pbk.)
  • 0691143838 (pbk.)
OCLC
  • 426118738
  • SCSB-10656884
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library