Statesmanship, character and leadership in America
By: Terry Newell
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780230341081
Subjects: Political culture; Political leadership; HISTORY / United States / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Leadership; Character; History
Description: "As Americans face seemingly intractable problems, they are tired of "business as usual" and "politics as usual." They are looking for statesmanship. In this book, Newell examines noted Americans at seven critical turning points in American history to look at what it takes to be a statesman. Through a powerful speech and the events preceding and following it, they show us how they grappled with conflicting values, varying demands, and the uncertainties of trying to forge a good society. This book is aimed at practicing leaders--and students of leadership"--

"Americans hunger for statesmanship. They seek leaders who will respond to problems by putting the nation's long-term needs ahead of partisanship and personal gain. We have faced this need before, and leaders came forward with acts of statesmanship. We can learn from them. Statesmanship, Character and Leadership in America explores what seven leaders at turning points in American history said and did. Their character and ability to manage the context of their times, craft a transcendent purpose, practice artful politics, exercise compelling persuasion and call forth high moral values from the American people offer ideas and techniques for leaders today"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Washington Steps Down: The Farewell Address; title: The Electoral Crisis of 1801: Jefferson's First Inaugural; title: Healing the Wounds of Civil War: Lincoln's Second Inaugural; title: The Struggle for Woman Suffrage: The Arrest and Trial of Susan B. Anthony; title: Saving Post-War Europe (and America): The Marshall Plan Speech; title: The Movement in Crisis: King's Letter from Birmingham Jail; title: Constitutional Crisis: Ford Assumes the Presidency and Pardons Nixon; title: Fostering Statesmanship in Public Life.