Presidents and the Dissolution of the Union: Leadership Style from Polk to Lincoln

by Fred I. Greenstein

Book Overview

The United States witnessed an unprecedented failure of its political system in the mid-nineteenth century, resulting in a disastrous civil war that claimed the lives of an estimated 750,000 Americans. In his other acclaimed books about the American presidency, Fred Greenstein assesses the personal strengths and weaknesses of presidents from George Washington to Barack Obama. Here, he evaluates the leadership styles of the Civil War-era presidents...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691151997
• ISBN13: 9780691151991
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.0"