Running alone : presidential leadership--JFK to Bush II : why it has failed and how we can fix it / James MacGregor Burns

Author: Burns, James MacGregor
Published: New York : Basic Books, 2006.
Physical Description: vii, 278 pages ; 25 cm

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Contents

"I think you underestimate him" -- 1. The tribal thrust -- 2. Pushing and shoving -- 3. The power broker -- 4. JFK and LBJ : governing together -- 5. Nixon-Reagan : the grand new party -- 6. The Carter-Clinton connection -- 7. The Bushes : standing together alone -- 8. Needed : party polarization -- 9. Empowering followers -- Afterword -- Bibliography and notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Subject(s)

Presidents—United States—History—20th century
Presidents—United States—History—21st century
Presidents—United States—Biography
Political leadership—United States—Case studies
Isolation (Philosophy)—Case studies
Political participation—United States
United States—Politics and government—1989-—Case studies
United States—Politics and government—1945-1989—Case studies

ISBN

0465008321 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780465008322 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-261) and index.

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