The President as Leader: Appealing to the Better Angels of Our Nature - Softcover

Hargrove, Erwin C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0700609962 ISBN 13: 9780700609963

Publisher: University Press of Kansas, 1999

Synopsis

Argues the importance of the American presidency as a place of moral leadership. Examines FDR, LJB, and Ronald Reagan to show how presidents can most effectively combine political arts and skills with intellectual and moral leadership. "Revealing, exceptionally well written profiles. Strongly recommended."--Choice

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"In this intellectually engaging book, Hargrove argues that successful presidents are those who combine political skills with intellectual and moral leadership. He examines three distinctively different presidencies--Franklin Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, and Ronald Reagan--in revealing, exceptionally well written profiles. Strongly recommended."--Choice

"What Hargrove says deepens our understanding of presidential leadership and merits further development."--American Political Science Review

"Hargrove's template is simple yet subtle, facilitating nuanced interpretations and evaluations of presidential leadership. This provocative book constitutes a major contribution to the literature on presidential leadership."--Rhetoric & Public Affairs

"Hargrove presents an analysis that reflects ideas and aspirations that merit serious and sustained scholarly attention."--Review of Politics

"A timely and powerful argument for the proposition that American values are the strongest force a president can mobilize--an argument presented with philosophical and literary learning as well as sound political science scholarship. This is the crowning achievement of the dean of presidential studies."--James MacGregor Burns, author of Leadership

"Hargrove does himself proud in a stimulating book that is at once reflective and readable."--Richard E. Neustadt, author of Presidential Power and the Moral Presidents

"A timely reminder of what political leadership should be and an eloquent analysis of why so many fall short."--Stephen Skowronek, author of The Politics Presidents Make

"Hargrove provides an account of executive power that deepens our understanding of character and elevates our aspirations for leadership."--Jeffrey Tulis, author of The Rhetorical Presidency

Edition details

• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0700609962
• ISBN 13: 9780700609963
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 230