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Author Greenstein, Fred I.

Title The presidential difference : leadership style from FDR to George W. Bush / Fred I. Greenstein.

Publication Info. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2004.

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 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  973.92 GREENSTEIN    Check Shelf
Edition Second edition.
Description vii, 317 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-301) and index.
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 undisciplined Bill Clinton -- George W. Bush and the politics of agenda control -- Lessons from the modern presidency.
Subject Presidents -- United States -- History.
Personality and politics -- United States -- History.
Political leadership -- United States -- History.
United States -- Politics and government.
ISBN 0691119090 paperback alkaline paper
9780691119090 paperback alkaline paper
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