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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.
- Subject
- 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