The soul of a leader
Subtitle: character, conviction, and ten lessons in political greatness
By: Waller R. Newell.
Publisher: Harper
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780061238543
Subjects: Presidents -- United States -- History; Elections -- United States -- History; Leadership -- History; Democracy -- History
Description: Evaluates the role of leadership in American life, drawing on such examples as the democratic governance of Periclean Athens and the founding fathers' views of statesmanship, in an account that raises questions about key contenders in the 2008 presidential campaign.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: A generation bids farewell : the saga of the modern American presidency; title: Democracy and empire : lessons in leadership from Napoleon to Lincoln; title: The first democracy : Pericles, Athens and the challenge of freedom.