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Inventing the Job of President : Leadership Style from George Washington to Andrew Jackson / Fred I. Greenstein.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Edition: Course BookDescription: 1 online resource : 8 halftonesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691133584
  • 9781400831364
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.80922
LOC classification:
  • E176.1 .G829 2011
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Chapter 1 The Presidential Difference in the Early Republic -- Chapter 2 The Foundational Presidency of George Washington -- Chapter 3 John Adams: Absentee Chief Executive -- Chapter 4 Thomas Jefferson and the Art of Governance -- Chapter 5 The Anticlimactic Presidency of James Madison -- Chapter 6 The Political Competence of James Monroe -- Chapter 7 The Political Incompetence of John Quincy Adams -- Chapter 8 Andrew Jackson: Force of Nature -- Chapter 9 Presidents, Leadership Qualities, and Political Development -- Appendix Background on the Early Presidencies -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Summary: From George Washington's decision to buy time for the new nation by signing the less-than-ideal Jay Treaty with Great Britain in 1795 to George W. Bush's order of a military intervention in Iraq in 2003, the matter of who is president of the United States is of the utmost importance. In this book, Fred Greenstein examines the leadership styles of the earliest presidents, men who served at a time when it was by no means certain that the American experiment in free government would succeed. In his groundbreaking book The Presidential Difference, Greenstein evaluated the personal strengths and weaknesses of the modern presidents since Franklin D. Roosevelt. Here, he takes us back to the very founding of the republic to apply the same yardsticks to the first seven presidents from Washington to Andrew Jackson, giving his no-nonsense assessment of the qualities that did and did not serve them well in office. For each president, Greenstein provides a concise history of his life and presidency, and evaluates him in the areas of public communication, organizational capacity, political skill, policy vision, cognitive style, and emotional intelligence. Washington, for example, used his organizational prowess--honed as a military commander and plantation owner--to lead an orderly administration. In contrast, John Adams was erudite but emotionally volatile, and his presidency was an organizational disaster. Inventing the Job of President explains how these early presidents and their successors shaped the American presidency we know today and helped the new republic prosper despite profound challenges at home and abroad.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Chapter 1 The Presidential Difference in the Early Republic -- Chapter 2 The Foundational Presidency of George Washington -- Chapter 3 John Adams: Absentee Chief Executive -- Chapter 4 Thomas Jefferson and the Art of Governance -- Chapter 5 The Anticlimactic Presidency of James Madison -- Chapter 6 The Political Competence of James Monroe -- Chapter 7 The Political Incompetence of John Quincy Adams -- Chapter 8 Andrew Jackson: Force of Nature -- Chapter 9 Presidents, Leadership Qualities, and Political Development -- Appendix Background on the Early Presidencies -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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From George Washington's decision to buy time for the new nation by signing the less-than-ideal Jay Treaty with Great Britain in 1795 to George W. Bush's order of a military intervention in Iraq in 2003, the matter of who is president of the United States is of the utmost importance. In this book, Fred Greenstein examines the leadership styles of the earliest presidents, men who served at a time when it was by no means certain that the American experiment in free government would succeed. In his groundbreaking book The Presidential Difference, Greenstein evaluated the personal strengths and weaknesses of the modern presidents since Franklin D. Roosevelt. Here, he takes us back to the very founding of the republic to apply the same yardsticks to the first seven presidents from Washington to Andrew Jackson, giving his no-nonsense assessment of the qualities that did and did not serve them well in office. For each president, Greenstein provides a concise history of his life and presidency, and evaluates him in the areas of public communication, organizational capacity, political skill, policy vision, cognitive style, and emotional intelligence. Washington, for example, used his organizational prowess--honed as a military commander and plantation owner--to lead an orderly administration. In contrast, John Adams was erudite but emotionally volatile, and his presidency was an organizational disaster. Inventing the Job of President explains how these early presidents and their successors shaped the American presidency we know today and helped the new republic prosper despite profound challenges at home and abroad.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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