Hail to the chief : the making and unmaking of American presidents / Robert Dallek.
Dallek, Robert.
1996
E176.1 .D34 1996 (Mapit)
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Title Hail to the chief : the making and unmaking of American presidents / Robert Dallek.
Author Dallek, Robert.
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9780786862054
078686205X
Publication Details New York : Hyperion, c1996.
Language English
Description xxi, 232 p. ; 25 cm.
Call Number E176.1 .D34 1996
Dewey Decimal Classification 973/.099
Summary In Hail to the Chief, Robert Dallek, award-winning historian and acclaimed biographer of Lyndon Johnson, offers an unprecedented and engaging examination of presidential excellence - and its less distinguished counterpart. Dallek addresses five themes that have been typically manifested in successful administrations - vision, pragmatism, consensus, charisma, and trust - and traces how they have been played out by the forty-one men who have attained the highest rank of public service. From James Madison's facing the War of 1812 to Lincoln's leadership through the greatest crisis of the nation's history; from Hoover's inability to overcome the challenges of the Great Depression to LBJ's tragic miscalculations in Vietnam and his achievements in advancing civil rights; from the beneficent paternalism of FDR to the ruthless cynicism of Richard Nixon, Dallek offers a penetrating analysis of the presidency, the personalities who have defined it, and the strategies that led to their triumphs or defeats.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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