Profiles in power : personality, persona, and the U.S. President /
The turbulent and unpredictable presidency of Donald Trump has intensified public and scholarly attention to the personalities of presidents. "Profiles in Power" approaches the presidency as a personal affair that is shaped, in part, by the character of the occupants of the Oval Office and...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2020]
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| Series: | Biography studies ;
volume 2. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The Personal Presidency / Jelte Olthof and Maarten Zwiers
- The Symbiosis between Biography and History / Nigel Hamilton
- U.S. Presidents and Psychohistory / Arthur Eaton
- Origins and Development of Lincoln's Antislavery Policies / David Zarefsky
- Jackson's Heir: How Andrew Johnson Shaped the Post-civil War Political Order / Mark Leon de Vries
- Franklin D. Roosevelt as an Architect of Public History / Sara Polak
- "A Different and Better Future": Eleanor Roosevelt and the Global Atlantic / Dario Fazzi
- War Hero in the White House: Dwight Eisenhower and the Politics of Peace, Prosperity, and Party / Robert Mason
- "Like a Jackass in a Hailstorm": Lyndon Johnson, Vietnam, and the Upending of the American Century / Keith M. Finley
- The Perfect Storm: Richard Nixon and the Office of Telecommunications Policy / Kathryn Cramer Brownell
- Hellhounds on the Campaign Trail: Region, Religion, and Manhood in Jimmy Carter's Race for the White House / Maarten Zwiers
- Will the Real Trump Please Stand Up? Donald Trump's Elusive Persona / Jelte Olthof.