| Edition |
2nd ed., with a new afterword. |
| Description |
x, 350 : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Note |
Prev. title: Leading from the center, c2008. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface to the second edition -- Introduction: Presidents as muscular moderates : a "middle course" for our "common cause" -- Washington's way : "liberal allowances, mutual forbearances, and temporizing yielding on all sides" -- Compromisers, zealots, and ciphers : the blessing of parties, the challenge of slavery, and the failure of presidents -- Abraham Lincoln's middle measure : a cautious politician's "my policy is to have no policy" pragmatism -- Theodore Roosevelt's democratic two-step : the rise of the romantic, nationalist presidency -- Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal : the radical as moderate -- Truman, Eisenhower, and America's bipartisan consensus : building political unity through cultural conformity -- John F. Kennedy and civil rights : moderation and the challenge of change -- The consensus collapses : Lyndon Johnson and the limits of moderation -- Learning from losers : where Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter went wrong -- Ronald Reagan's moderate revolution : resurrecting the center -- Bill Clinton and the perils of triangulation : the need to be muscular as well as moderate -- George W. Bush : imprisoned by conviction? -- Conclusion: Center seeking in the twenty-first century : is political moderation possible in an age of excess? -- Afterword: A president and a people in search of moderation. |
| Subject |
Presidents -- United States -- History.
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Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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Political leadership -- United States -- History.
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Moderation -- Political aspects -- United States -- History.
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United States -- Politics and government.
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United States -- Politics and government -- Philosophy.
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| Added Author |
Troy, Gil.
Leading from the center.
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| ISBN |
9780700618835 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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070061883X (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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