Profiles in power : : personality, persona, and the U.S. president / / edited by Jelte Olthof, Maarten Zwiers.

The turbulent and unpredictable presidency of Donald Trump has intensified public and scholarly attention to the personalities of presidents. Profiles in Power approaches the presidency as a personal affair that is shaped, in part, by the character of the occupants of the Oval Office and their attem...

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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Biography Studies ; 2.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contributors
  • Introduction: The Personal Presidency Jelte Olthof and Maarten Zwiers
  • 1 The Symbiosis between Biography and History Nigel Hamilton
  • 2 U.S. Presidents and Psychohistory Arthur Eaton
  • 3 Origins and Development of Lincoln's Antislavery Policies David Zarefsky
  • 4 Jackson's Heir: How Andrew Johnson Shaped the Post-civil War Political Order Mark Leon de Vries
  • 5 Franklin D. Roosevelt as an Architect of Public History Sara Polak
  • 6 "A Different and Better Future": Eleanor Roosevelt and the Global Atlantic Dario Fazzi
  • 7 War Hero in the White House: Dwight Eisenhower and the Politics of Peace, Prosperity, and Party Robert Mason
  • 8 "Like a Jackass in a Hailstorm": Lyndon Johnson, Vietnam, and the Upending of the American Century Keith M. Finley
  • 9 The Perfect Storm: Richard Nixon and the Office of Telecommunications Policy Kathryn Cramer Brownell
  • 10 Hellhounds on the Campaign Trail: Region, Religion, and Manhood in Jimmy Carter's Race for the White House Maarten Zwiers
  • 11 Will the Real Trump Please Stand Up? Donald Trump's Elusive Persona Jelte Olthof
  • Bibliography
  • Index.