The values of presidential leadership / edited by Terry L. Price and J. Thomas Wren.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Price, Terry L., 1966-

Wren, J. Thomas, 1950-

Series:

Jepson studies in leadership

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States.

Presidents.

United States.

Political leadership--United States.

Political leadership.

Executive power--United States.

Executive power.

Physical Description:

xvi, 234 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Contents:

Introduction / Terry L. Price and J. Thomas Wren

Lincoln, religion, and presidential leadership / Michael Nelson

Patriotic leadership / A. John Simmons

Rhetorical leadership and the presidency : a situational taxonomy / Martin Medhurst

Changing their minds? the limits of presidential persuasion / George C. Edwards III

The Bushes : standing alone vs. standing together / James MacGregor Burns

Presidential leadership and advice about going to war / James P. Pfiffner

Granted "blinked" : appraising presidential leadership / George R. Goethals and Matthew B. Kugler

Should presidents obey the law? (and what's "the law" anyway?) / Frederick Schauer

Presidential dirty hands / Judith Lichtenberg

Conclusion / J. Thomas Wren and Terry L. Price.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

140398395X

9781403983954

OCLC:

85830683

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