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The presidential character : predicting performance in the White House / James David Barber ; with a revised and updated foreword by George C. Edwards III.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barber, James David, author.
- Edwards, George C., author of foreword.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Presidents--United States--Case studies.
- Presidents.
- Prediction (Psychology).
- United States.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 522 pages ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- Fifth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
- Contents:
- 1 Presidential Character and How to Foresee It p. 1
- Personality Shapes Performance p. 4
- The Pattern of Character, World View, and Style p. 5
- The Power Situation and "Climate of Expectations" p. 6
- Predicting Presidents p. 7
- Four Types of Presidential Character p. 8
- 2 Three Tragic Tales p. 12
- Wilson Defeats the League p. 13
- Hoover Withholds Relief p. 18
- Johnson Escalates the War p. 25
- Rigidification p. 34
- Wilson's Inner Struggle p. 35
- Hoover's Inner Struggle p. 39
- Johnson's Inner Struggle p. 42
- The Common Struggle p. 46
- 3 The Active-Negative Presidents p. 48
- Wilson's Style p. 48
- Wilson's World View p. 52
- Wilson's Character p. 54
- Hoover's Style p. 57
- Hoover's World View p. 61
- Hoover's Character p. 64
- Johnson's Style p. 66
- Johnson's World View p. 74
- Johnson's Character p. 79
- The Active-Negative Character p. 80
- 4 The Origins of Presidential Compulsion p. 84
- Wilson Finds His Voice p. 85
- Hoover Discovers His Work p. 101
- Johnson Learns His People p. 110
- The Making of Active-Negative Presidents p. 120
- 5 Richard Nixon: Construction and Destruction p. 123
- The Nixon Construction p. 123
- Nixon's Move Onstage p. 124
- The Shaping of Richard's World p. 129
- The Start of a Style p. 135
- Nixon Victorious p. 138
- The Nixon Destruction p. 143
- The Nixon Tyranny p. 144
- Old Reliable Nixon p. 146
- Nixon's Old Style and World View p. 149
- The Power Disease p. 150
- Rigidification Road p. 155
- The Fear of Scandal p. 157
- Choice or Necessity? p. 158
- Steps in Nixon's Rigidification p. 160
- Vulnerabilities to the Confidence Game p. 165
- Voices from the Past p. 167
- 6 The Passive-Negative Presidents p. 169
- Calvin Coolidge in the White House p. 170
- Coolidge Emerging p. 172
- Eisenhower in the White House p. 179
- Eisenhower Emerging p. 185
- The Appeal of Duty p. 192
- 7 The Passive-Positive Presidents p. 194
- Taft and TR p. 195
- Taft Finds Love and the Law p. 204
- Harding and His Friends p. 208
- Harding Develops Presidential Features p. 217
- The Lure of Political Love p. 222
- 8 Reagan's Rise and Rule p. 224
- Winning Congress p. 232
- Regan the "Conservative"? p. 236
- Reagan's Rise: "Ideology" and Experience p. 238
- Shifting Gears p. 242
- Nancy and Her Friends p. 244
- The Rich Reagans in Politics p. 247
- "Supply-Siding" the Rich p. 250
- The Reagan Rhetoric p. 253
- The Fictionalization of Politics p. 257
- Planned Distraction p. 262
- The Threat Ahead p. 264
- 9 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Active-Positive Affection p. 266
- Franklin's Growth to Joy in Work p. 268
- The Roosevelt Presidency p. 287
- The Thrust for Results p. 298
- 10 Harry S Truman and Active-Positive Combat p. 300
- Truman Surprised by Grace p. 301
- Truman Makes Up His Mind p. 303
- Truman as President p. 315
- What Truman Was Not p. 339
- 11 John F. Kennedy and Active-Positive Commitment p. 341
- Doubts About Kennedy p. 341
- Kennedy's Growing Pains p. 343
- Kennedy as President p. 359
- Kennedy's Commitment p. 384
- 12 The Crucial Ford Transition p. 386
- Ford Revs Up p. 388
- Jerry's World p. 389
- The Ford Style p. 392
- Ford Model Presidency p. 395
- Beyond Character p. 397
- 13 Jimmy Carter: Predicted and Reviewed p. 398
- Jimmy Carter Predicted p. 398
- Archery: 1924 p. 400
- Annapolis: 1943 p. 406
- Plains: 1953 p. 409
- Atlanta: 1962 p. 417
- In and Out of the Slough of Despond: 1966 p. 423
- The Road to Washington: 1976 p. 428
- Jimmy Carter Reviewed p. 433
- Promises, Not Program p. 435
- Negotiating Washington p. 436
- Negotiating Peace p. 441
- Rhetoric p. 444
- Carter's Presidential Character p. 446
- Character Test p. 448
- Test Results p. 451
- Power Situation p. 453
- Climate of Expectations p. 453
- Carter's World View p. 454
- 14 George Bush: The World View Dilemma p. 456
- Unfolding the Bush Mystery p. 457
- The Bush Beginnings p. 460
- Bush the Aristocrat p. 465
- At Home: Love Them and Leave Them p. 467
- Off to Texas p. 468
- Off to Washington p. 470
- The Pattern from His Boyhood p. 473
- Off to War p. 474
- The President's Surprise p. 477
- Consent of the Governed? p. 481
- He Himself p. 482
- 15 Adding It Up p. 484
- Character and Culture p. 484
- Politics and the Drive for Power p. 485
- Politics and the Search for Affection p. 486
- Politics and the Quest for Legitimacy p. 488
- Creative Politics p. 489.
- Notes:
- "First edition published by Prentice Hall, Inc. 1972. Fourth edition published by Routledge 2009"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780367366780
- 0367366789
- 9780367366773
- 0367366770
- OCLC:
- 1108816656
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