President and His Inner Circle Leadership Style and the Advisory Process in Foreign Policy Making

Name: President and His Inner Circle Leadership Style and the Advisory Process in Foreign Policy Making
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ISBN: 9780231116213

ISBN-10: 0231116217

ISBN-13: 9780231116213

Edition: 2001

Authors: Thomas Preston

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Few would argue that presidential policies and performance would have been the same whether John F. Kennedy or Richard Nixon became president in 1960, or if Jimmy Carter instead of Ronald Reagan had won the White House in 1980. Indeed, in recent elections, the character, prior policy experience, or personalities of candidates have played an increasing role in our assessments of their "fit" for the Oval Office. Further, these same characteristics are often used to explain an administration's success or failure in policy making. Obviously, who the president is -- and what he is like -- matters. This book, a new approach to the study of the personal presidency, links the characteristics of…

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List price: $36.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 2/14/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 0.61" wide x 0.92" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 1.144



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Understanding the Mosaic of Presidential Personality and Leadership Styles



Presidential Personality and Leadership Style



Harry S. Truman and the Korean War



Dwight D. Eisenhower and Dien Bien Phu



John F. Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis



Lyndon B. Johnson and the Partial Bombing Halt in Vietnam, 1967-1968



George Bush and the Gulf War



"A Bridge to the Twenty-first Century": The Leadership Style of Bill Clinton



Presidential Personality and the Grand Mosaic of Leadership


Notes


Bibliography


Index