Presidential leadership and the creation of the American era / Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nye, Joseph S., Jr., 1937-2025.

Series:

The Richard Ullman Lectures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States.

Presidents.

Political leadership--United States.

Political leadership.

Executive power--United States.

Executive power.

United States--Politics and government.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This book examines the foreign policy decisions of the presidents who presided over the most critical phases of America's rise to world primacy in the twentieth century, and assesses the effectiveness and ethics of their choices. Joseph Nye, who was ranked as one of Foreign Policy magazine's 100 Top Global Thinkers, reveals how some presidents tried with varying success to forge a new international order while others sought to manage America's existing position. The book shows how transformational presidents like Wilson and Reagan changed how America sees the world, but argues that transactional presidents like Eisenhower and the elder Bush were sometimes more effective and ethical. It also draws important lessons for today's uncertain world, in which presidential decision making is more critical than ever.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: The Role of Leadership

Chapter 2: The Creation of the American Era from Theodore Roosevelt to George H. W. Bush

Chapter 3: Ethics and Good Foreign Policy Leadership

Chapter 4: Twenty-First-Century Leadership

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

9781400846405

1400846404

OCLC:

844227498