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Author Burns, James MacGregor.

Title Running alone : presidential leadership--JFK to Bush II : why it has failed and how we can fix it / James MacGregor Burns.

Imprint New York : Basic Books, 2006.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  973.920922 B937r 2006    ---  Available
Description vii, 278 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-261) and index.
Contents "I think you underestimate him" -- The tribal thrust -- Pushing and shoving -- The power broker -- JFK and LBJ: governing together -- Nixon-Reagan: the grand new party -- The Carter-Clinton connection -- The Bushes: standing together alone -- Needed: party polarization -- Empowering followers.
Subject Presidents -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Presidents -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Political leadership -- United States -- Case studies.
Isolation (Philosophy) -- Case studies.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989 -- Case studies.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1989- -- Case studies.
Political participation -- United States.
ISBN 0465008321 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780465008322 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Standard No. YDXCP 2451919
NLGGC 301813329

 
    
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