The Presidential Difference
Subtitle: Leadership Style from FDR to Clinton.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: October 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780691090832
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; Central government; Political leaders & leadership; Politics/International Relations; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; USA; History & Theory - General; American History; Political Science / History & Theory; Political Science and International Relations
Description: "Drawing on a quarter-century's work, Fred I. Greenstein, one of our observers of the modern presidency, provides an account of the qualities that have served well and poorly in the Oval Office from Franklin D. Roosevelt's first hundred days to the beginning of George W. Bush's presidency. Greenstein offers a series of bottom-line judgments on each of his twelve subjects and a bold new explanation of why presidents succeed or fail. Previous analysts have placed their bets on the president's political prowess or personal character. Yet by the first standard, LBJ should have been our greatest president, and by the second the nod would go to Jimmy Carter. Greenstein surveys each president's record in public communication, political skill, vision, cognitive style, and emotional intelligence - and argues that the last is the most important in predicting presidential success."--Jacket.