Research Catalog

Title

Presidential greatness / Marc Landy and Sidney M. Milkis.

Author

Landy, Marc Karnis.

Publication

Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2000], ©2000.

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Additional Authors

Milkis, Sidney M.

Description

vii, 278 pages; 24 cm

Summary

• "Marc Landy and Sidney Milkis claim that we have had no great presidents in the last half of this century. In this provocative new book, they explain why." "Landy and Milkis look to the past to show how five presidents - Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, and Franklin Roosevelt - set the standards for presidential leadership and achievement.".
• "Searching for common threads in these five presidencies, Landy and Milkis enable us to better understand both the possibilities and the limitations of the office."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Presidents > United States > History
• Political leadership > United States > History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-269) and index.

Contents

1. Presidential Greatness and Democratic Leadership -- 2. George Washington: Greatness and the Limits of the Constitutional Presidency -- 3. Thomas Jefferson: Making the Executive Safe for Democracy -- 4. Andrew Jackson: Leadership in Mass Democracy -- 5. Abraham Lincoln: The Promise of the Declaration of Independence -- 6. Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Democratic Leadership and the Quest for Enlightened Administration -- 7. The Modern Presidency and the Absence of Greatness -- 8. Conclusion: Where Have You Gone, FDR?

ISBN

0700610057 (alk. paper)

LCCN

99048571

OCLC

• ocm42475735
• SCSB-3839206

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries