Title The President and his inner circle : leadership style and the advisory process in foreign affairs / Thomas Preston

Published New York : Columbia University Press, [2001] ©2001

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Description x, 347 pages ; 24 cm Series Power, conflict, and democracy Power, conflict, and democracy. Contents Introduction: Understanding the Mosaic of Presidential Personality and Leadership Styles -- 1. Presidential Personality and Leadership Style -- 2. Harry S. Truman and the Korean War -- 3. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Dien Bien Phu -- 4. John F. Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis -- 5. Lyndon B. Johnson and the Partial Bombing Halt in Vietnam, 1967-1968 -- 6. George Bush and the Gulf War -- 7. "A Bridge to the Twenty-first Century": The Leadership Style of Bill Clinton -- 8. Presidential Personality and the Grand Mosaic of Leadership Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-333) and index Subject Advisory opinions -- United States -- Case studies. Political leadership -- United States -- Case studies. Presidents -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Presidents -- United States -- Staff -- History -- 20th century. United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989 -- Case studies. United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989- -- Case studies. United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century -- Decision making -- Case studies. Genre/Form Case studies. LC no. 00059654 ISBN 0231116209 (cloth : alk. paper) 0231116217 (paperback: alk. paper)

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