The Presidential Difference : : Leadership Style from FDR to Barack Obama - Third Edition / / Fred I. Greenstein.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Greenstein, Fred I.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2012]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (344 p.) :; 13 halftones. 1 line illus.

Fred I. Greenstein has long been one of our keenest observers of the modern presidency. In The Presidential Difference, he provides a fascinating and instructive account of the presidential qualities that have served well and poorly in the Oval Office, beginning with Franklin D. Roosevelt's first hundred days. He surveys each president's political skill, vision, cognitive style, organizational capacity, ability to communicate, and emotional intelligence--and argues that the last is the most important in predicting presidential success. Throughout, Greenstein offers a series of bottom-line judgments on each of his thirteen subjects as well as an overarching theory of why presidents succeed or fail. In this new edition, Greenstein assesses President George W. Bush in the wake of his two terms. The book also includes a new chapter on the leadership style of President Obama and how we can expect it to affect his presidency and legacy.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. The Presidential Difference -- 2. The Virtuosic Leadership of Franklin D. Roosevelt -- 3. The Uneven Leadership of Harry S. Truman -- 4. The Unexpected Eisenhower -- 5. Coming to Terms with Kennedy -- 6. Lyndon B. Johnson and the Primacy of Politics -- 7. The Paradox of Richard Nixon -- 8. The Instructive Presidency of Gerald Ford -- 9. Jimmy Carter and the Politics of Rectitude -- 10. Ronald Reagan: The Innocent as Agent of Change -- 11. The Highly Tactical Leadership of George H. W. Bush -- 12. The Undisciplined Bill Clinton -- 13. George W. Bush and the Politics of Agenda Control -- 14. The Presidential Breakthrough of Barack Obama -- 15. Lessons from the Modern Presidency -- Appendix: Background on the Modern Presidency -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Acknowledgments -- Index