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Running alone : presidential leadership--from JFK to Bush II : why it has failed and how we can fix it
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- Creator
- James MacGregor Burns
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Basic Books, 2006
- Physical Details
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- vii, 278 pages ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780465008322, 0465008321
- OCLC
- ocm70334963
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-261) and index.
- "I think you underestimate him" -- The tribal thrust -- Pushing and shoving -- The power broker -- JFK and LBJ: governing together -- Nixon-Reagan: the grand new party -- The Carter-Clinton connection -- The Bushes: standing together alone -- Needed: party polarization -- Empowering followers
Subjects
- Presidents -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Presidents -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
- Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
- Political leadership -- United States -- Case studies.
- Isolation (Philosophy) -- Case studies.
- Political participation -- United States.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989 -- Case studies.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1989- -- Case studies.