Inventing the Job of President
Leadership Style from George Washington to Andrew Jackson
1st Edition
Published on 10. August 2009
176 pages
978-1-4008-3136-4 (ISBN)
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Fred I. Greenstein
Inventing the Job of President
Leadership Style from George Washington to Andrew Jackson
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Princeton University Press
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Fred I. Greenstein is professor of politics emeritus at Princeton University. His books include The Hidden-Hand Presidency: Eisenhower as Leader; How Presidents Test Reality: Decisions on Vietnam, 1954 and 1965; and Presidents and the Dissolution of the Union: Leadership Style from Polk to Lincoln.
Content
List of Illustrations ix
Chapter 1: The Presidential Difference in the Early Republic 1
Chapter 2: The Foundational Presidency of George Washington 9
Chapter 3: John Adams: Absentee Chief Executive 25
Chapter 4: Thomas Jefferson and the Art of Governance 35
Chapter 5: The Anticlimactic Presidency of James Madison 51
Chapter 6: The Political Competence of James Monroe 63
Chapter 7: The Political Incompetence of John Quincy Adams 75
Chapter 8: Andrew Jackson: Force of Nature 85
Chapter 9: Presidents, Leadership Qualities, and Political Development 96
Appendix Background on the Early Presidencies 105
Notes 123
Further Reading 137
Acknowledgments 151
Index 153
Chapter 1: The Presidential Difference in the Early Republic 1
Chapter 2: The Foundational Presidency of George Washington 9
Chapter 3: John Adams: Absentee Chief Executive 25
Chapter 4: Thomas Jefferson and the Art of Governance 35
Chapter 5: The Anticlimactic Presidency of James Madison 51
Chapter 6: The Political Competence of James Monroe 63
Chapter 7: The Political Incompetence of John Quincy Adams 75
Chapter 8: Andrew Jackson: Force of Nature 85
Chapter 9: Presidents, Leadership Qualities, and Political Development 96
Appendix Background on the Early Presidencies 105
Notes 123
Further Reading 137
Acknowledgments 151
Index 153
