Strong Presidents: A Theory of LeadershipThe author utilizes strong and weak poet-presidents to examine their leadership, and how these presidents wrote and read 'belatedly' so they might be surveyed and judged in the future for their actions. |
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Contents
MONUMENTAL PRESIDENTS | 25 |
The Double Cross | 53 |
Genial Masks | 89 |
SPIRITED PRESIDENTS | 133 |
Energy | 149 |
MINOR AND FAILED PRESIDENTS | 177 |
New Deal Shards | 197 |
Conclusion | 223 |
Notes | 241 |
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| Title | Strong Presidents: A Theory of Leadership Strong Presidents: A Theory of Leadership, Philip Abbott |
| Author | Philip Abbott |
| Publisher | VNR AG, 1996 |
| ISBN | 0870499319, 9780870499319 |
| Length | 281 pages |
| Subjects | › › Political Science / Political Process / Leadership |
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