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"In this culmination of five decades of acclaimed studies in presidential history, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin offers an illuminating exploration into the early development, growth, and exercise of leadership. Are leaders born or made? Where does ambition come from? How does adversity affect the growth of leadership? Does the man make the times or do the times make the man? In Leadership in Turbulent Times, Goodwin draws upon...
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Little, Brown and Company
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English
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"Shade is a portrait in contrasts, telling the tale of two presidencies through a series of powerful visual juxtapositions--with Pete Souza's unforgettable images of President Obama delivering new power and meaning when framed by tweets, headlines, quotes, and other material from the first 500 days of the Trump administration." -- Publisher's website.
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2011]
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English
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Draws on hundreds of newly declassified documents to present an account of the Suez crisis that reveals the considerable danger it posed as well as the influence of Eisenhower's health problems and the 1956 election campaign.
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Praeger, An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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"Applying the lessons of presidential history, this anthology of case studies--written by leading political scientists, historians, and subject matter experts--delves into the many facets of the presidency and promotes a greater understanding of the presidency for policymakers, academics, students, and general readers alike. Provides a breadth of perspectives on the many facets of the president's role and powers from leading political scientists,...
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W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2010]
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English
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Essays by thirteen of the country's finest historians illuminate the qualities that make for effective leadership from the battlefield and the White House to the front lines of the struggle for civil rights, but also help us to think in new ways about key moments in the American past.
8) Running alone: presidential leadership from JFK to Bush II : why it has failed and how we can fix it
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Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
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English
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Since mid-century, America has witnessed an ominous decline in presidential leadership, culminating in the failing presidency of George W. Bush today. How did this happen? In Running Alone, the distinguished political scientist and leadership expert James MacGregor Burns finds the origin of the problem in John F. Kennedy's presidential style-and its influence on his successors in the Oval Office. Kennedy rejected collective leadership in favor of...
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Caliber
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[2019]
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English
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Winston Churchill called him World War II's "organizer of victory." Harry Truman said he was "the greatest military man that this country ever produced." Today, in our era of failed leadership, few lives are more worthy of renewed examination than Marshall and his fifty years of loyal service to the defense of his nation and its values. Even as a young officer he was heralded as a genius, a reputation that grew when in WWI he planned and executed...
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William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2017.
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English
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Explores the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower through the lens of his last three days in office in January 1961, revealing him to be a model of strong yet principled leadership.
January 1961: President Eisenhower has three days to secure the nation's future before his young successor, John F. Kennedy, takes power--a final mission by the legendary leader who planned D-Day and guided America through the darkening Cold War. Bret Baier, the Chief Political...
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