Presidential leadership
Subtitle: from Woodrow Wilson to Harry S. Truman
By: Robert H. Ferrell.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9780826216236
Subjects: Presidents -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Political leadership -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Politics and government -- 1913-1921; United States -- Politics and government -- 1919-1933; United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1953
Description: "Examines the personal styles of presidents Woodrow Wilson, Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Harry Truman. Uses the diaries of Colonel Edward House and White House physician Joel Boone and other sources to examine presidential decision making. Incorporates comments on Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Includes interview with historian John Garraty"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Who are these people?; title: Woodrow Wilson : a misfit in office; title: Warren G. Harding's reputation; title: Calvin Coolidge, the man and the president; title: The United States in world affairs, 1919-1945; title: Harry S. Truman : a chance president in the new world of superpowers.