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11) Running alone: presidential leadership from JFK to Bush II : why it has failed and how we can fix it
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: From the former 60 Minutes producer and New York Times bestselling author of The Gatekeepers comes an in-depth, insider's look at how President Joe Biden and his seasoned team have battled to achieve their agenda-based on the author's extraordinary access to the White House during more than a year of crises at home and abroad. 432pp., 100K
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Continuum
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The BBC's New York correspondent delves into the history of this once-great nation to explain how the seeds of Trumpism were sown in the decisions of past administrations, and how the historical clues paved the way for an outsider to take power.
Author
Publisher
Nation Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"All The Presidents' Bankers is a compelling narrative of how a small group of private bankers and their financial institutions shaped America's economy and its global position since the start of the twentieth century. Through personal, political and professional networks, these bankers strategically exercised, and continue to exercise, disproportionate control over the destiny of billions of people. Nomi Prins offers an explosive account of how this...
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