How American presidents succeed and why they fail
Subtitle: from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama
By: John Broesamle ; with a foreword by Thomas W. Devine
Publisher: The Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Lewiston, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9780773442764
Subjects: Presidents; History; Political leadership; Politics and government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : the Yale dynasty; title: The general interest and the problem of motivating followers; title: Gaining momentum; title: Losing momentum : personal and political hazards; title: Restraint and a sense of proportion; title: Foreign policy and war; title: Trust and moral leadership; title: Drift and demise; title: The light touch : the first term of Barack Obama; title: Conclusion.