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The prudential presidency : an Aristotelian approach to presidential leadership / Ethan M. Fishman ; foreword by Erwin C. Hargrove.
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Fishman, Ethan M.
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Language
English
Published/Created
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001.
Description
xvi, 138 pages ; 24 cm
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JK511 .F57 2001
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Presidents
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United States
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Political leadership
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [123]-131) and index.
Contents
1 Introduction 2 Aristotelian Prudence 17
3 Prudent Presidential Leadership 35
Abraham Lincoln, Slavery, and the Civil War 35
George Washington and the Nation's Founding 39
Theodore Roosevelt and Conservation 42
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Foreign Policy 45
4 Idealistic Presidential Leadership 51
Woodrow Wilson and the Treaty of Versailles 51
John Quincy Adams and Patronage 56
Jimmy Carter and the Mariel Boat Lift 59
Bill Clinton's Health Care Initiative 63
5 Cynical Presidential Leadership 69
Richard Nixon and Watergate 69
Thomas Jefferson and the Trial of Aaron Burr 73
Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Japanese Exclusion Act 77
Bill Clinton's Sexual Misconduct 80
6 Pragmatic Presidential Leadership 87
Harry Truman and the Atomic Bomb 87
Dwight Eisenhower and McCarthyism 92
John F. Kennedy and the Bay of Pigs 97
Bill Clinton and Gays in the Military 102.
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ISBN
0275971112 ((alk. paper))
9780275971113 ((alk. paper))
LCCN
00058020
OCLC
44573285
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The prudential presidency [electronic resource] : an Aristotelian approach to presidential leadership / Ethan M. Fishman ; foreword by Erwin C. Hargrove.
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