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Author Burns, James MacGregor.

Title Running alone : presidential leadership--JFK to Bush II : why it has failed and how we can fix it / James MacGregor Burns.

Publication Info. New York : Basic Books, 2006.

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Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  973.9209 BUR    Storage
 Farmington, Barney Branch - Adult Department  973.92 BUR    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  973.92 BUR    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.92 B93    Check Shelf
Description vii, 278 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-261) and index.
Contents "I think you underestimate him" -- 1. The tribal thrust -- 2. Pushing and shoving -- 3. The power broker -- 4. JFK and LBJ : governing together -- 5. Nixon-Reagan : the grand new party -- 6. The Carter-Clinton connection -- 7. The Bushes : standing together alone -- 8. Needed : party polarization -- 9. Empowering followers -- Afterword -- Bibliography and notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Subject Presidents -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Presidents -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Political leadership -- United States -- Case studies.
Isolation (Philosophy) -- Case studies.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989 -- Case studies.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1989- -- Case studies.
Political participation -- United States.
ISBN 0465008321 hardcover alkaline paper
9780465008322 hardcover alkaline paper
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