The Art of Political Leadership Essays in Honor of Fred I. Greenstein

by Berman, Larry; Berman, Larry; Bose, Meena; Burke, John P.; Dahl, Robert A.; George, Alexander L.; George, Juliette L.; Glad, Betty; Greenstein, Fred I.; Hamby, Alonzo L.; Hargrove, Erwin C.; Kessel, John H.; King, Anthony; Kitts, Kenneth; Moon, J Donald

• ISBN13: 9780742539648
• ISBN10: 0742539644
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-08-25
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Fred Greenstein has been a paragon of scholarship and practical advice in his many years of work on the presidency. Here, some of the leading scholars of the presidency and leadership studies come together to pay tribute to Greenstein and his work. Origin

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	xi
Larry Berman
Part I: Foundations
1 Reflections on Human Nature and Politics: From Genes to Political Institutions	3	(14)
Robert A. Dahl
2 Plumbing the Presidential Psyche: Building on Neustadt and Barber	17	(10)
Fred I. Greenstein
3 What Makes a Great President? An Analysis of Leadership Qualities in Fred I. Greenstein's The Presidential Difference	27	(18)
Meena Bose
4 Transitions to the Presidency: Do Leadership Styles Make a Difference?	45	(20)
John P. Burke
5 Democratic Leadership and Political Ethics: Reflections on the Hidden-Hand Presidency	65	(28)
J. Donald Moon
Part II: Presidents, Personality, and Politics
6 The Impact of Personality on Public Functioning: The Case of Woodrow Wilson	93	(49)
Juliette L. George and Alexander L. George
7 McGovern's October Surprise, Almost	142	(20)
Larry Berman
8 George Ball and Robert McNamara: Protagonists over Vietnam	162	(22)
Erwin C. Hargrove
9 Sidestepping the Hawks: Eisenhower, the Solarium Study and the Hungarian Crisis of 1956	184
Betty Glad and Kenneth Kitts
Part III: Comparative Leadership
10 Leadership, Charisma, and Political Cultures in the Great Depression: Adolf Hitler, Franklin Roosevelt, and Stanley Baldwin	211	(25)
Alonzo L. Hamby
11 The Outsider as Political Leader: The Case of Margaret Thatcher	236	(23)
Anthony King
Epilogue: Fred I. Greenstein's Contributions to the Study of the Presidency	259	(14)
John H. Kessel
About the Contributors	273