Effective Presidency: Lessons on Leadership from John F. Kennedy to Barack Obama

By Erwin C. Hargrove

Book Overview

Presidential scholar Erwin Hargrove extends his analytical framework of presidential effectiveness to show how Obama combines eventful leadership with pragmatism in moving forward in an intensely polarized partisan environment. Reviewing eventful and event-making presidencies of the last 50 years, Hargrove comes down on the side of effectiveness over the special effects of the pyrotechnic presidencies of the past.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 161205434X
• ISBN13: 9781612054346
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 311 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"