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Presidential power and the modern presidents : the politics of leadership from Roosevelt to Reagan /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Neustadt, Richard E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Toronto : New York : Free Press ; Collier Macmillan Canada ; Maxwell Macmillan, 1991.
Edition:1st Free Press paperback ed.
Subjects:
Presidents > United States.
Executive power > United States.
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1953.
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989.
Table of Contents:
  • Leader or clerk?
  • Three cases of command
  • The power to persuade
  • Professional reputation
  • Public prestige
  • Two matters of choice
  • Men in office
  • The sixties come next
  • Appraising a president
  • Reappraising power
  • Hazards of transition
  • A matter of detail
  • Two cases of self-help.