The prudential presidency : an Aristotelian approach to presidential leadership / Ethan M. Fishman ; foreword by Erwin C. Hargrove.

Author
Fishman, Ethan M. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001.
Description
xvi, 138 pages ; 24 cm

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    Subject(s)
    Bibliographic references
    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.
    ISBN
    • 0275971112 ((alk. paper))
    • 9780275971113 ((alk. paper))
    LCCN
    00058020
    OCLC
    44573285
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