Presidents and the Dissolution of the Union
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-15199-1 (ISBN)
Presidents and the Dissolution of the Union reveals what enabled some of these presidents, like Lincoln and Polk, to meet the challenges of their times--and what caused others to fail.
Fred I. Greenstein is professor of politics emeritus at Princeton University. His books include Inventing the Job of President: Leadership Style from George Washington to Andrew Jackson (Princeton), The Presidential Difference: Leadership Style from FDR to Barack Obama (Princeton), and The Hidden-Hand Presidency: Eisenhower as Leader.
Chapter 1 The Presidential Difference in the Civil War Era 1 Chapter 2 The Policy-Driven Political Style of James K. Polk 13 Chapter 3 The Rough and Ready Leadership of Zachary Taylor 29 Chapter 4 Millard Fillmore and the Compromise of 1850 43 Chapter 5 Franklin Pierce and the Kansas-Nebraska Act 57 Chapter 6 The Disastrous Presidency of James Buchanan 75 Chapter 7 Abraham Lincoln: Consummate Leader 93 Chapter 8 What Difference Did the President Make? 111 Appendix Background on the Civil War Era Presidents 127 Notes 147 Further Reading 159 Acknowledgments 171 Index 173
Co-Autor | Dale Anderson |
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Zusatzinfo | 12 halftones. |
Verlagsort | New Jersey |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 127 x 203 mm |
Gewicht | 255 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
ISBN-10 | 0-691-15199-7 / 0691151997 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-691-15199-1 / 9780691151991 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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