Presidents and the Dissolution of the Union - Leadership Style From Polk to Lincoln

Zusatztext " Presidents and the Dissolution of the Union offers an invaluable guide for anyone interested in the do's and don'ts of leadership. . . . Greenstein's style is accessible with a minimum of scholarly apparatus; the result is a highly entertaining text that can be devoured at one sitting." ---Laurence Raw! Journal of American Culture Informationen zum Autor 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 . Zusammenfassung The United States witnessed an unprecedented failure of its political system in the mid-nineteenth century, resulting in a disastrous civil war that claimed the lives of an estimated 750,000 Americans. In his other acclaimed books about the American presidency, Fred Greenstein assesses the personal strengths and weaknesses of presidents from George 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

Product details

• Authors: Fred Greenstein, Fred I Greenstein, Fred I. Greenstein
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.05.2013
• EAN: 9780691151991
• ISBN: 978-0-691-15199-1
• No. of pages: 200
• Assisted by: Dale Anderson
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; USA, Political Ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Political leaders & leadership, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Central / national / federal government policies, Political leaders and leadership, Political ideologies and movements, Central government policies