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xvi, 473 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part 1. Ambition and the recognition of leadership -- Abraham: "Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition" -- Theodore: "I rose like a rocket" -- Franklin: "No, call me Franklin" -- Lyndon: "A steam engine in pants" -- Part 2. Adversity and growth -- Abraham Lincoln: "I must die or be better" -- Theodore Roosevelt: "The light has gone out of my life" -- Franklin Roosevelt: "Above all, try something" -- Lyndon Johnson: "The most miserable period of my life" -- Part 3. How they led: man and the times -- Transformational leadership: Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation -- Crisis management: Theodore Roosevelt and the Coal Strike -- Turnaround leadership: Franklin Roosevelt and the Hundred Days -- Visionary leadership: Lyndon Johnson and Civil Rights -- Epilogue: Of death and legacy. |
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Presidents -- United States.
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Political leadership -- United States -- Case studies.
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Character -- Case studies.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
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Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.
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United States -- Politics and government -- Case studies.
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Crisis management -- United States -- Case studies.
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Political culture -- United States -- History.
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| ISBN |
9781476795928 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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