The Hidden-Hand Presidency by Fred I Greenstein

The Hidden-Hand Presidency by Fred I Greenstein

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Summary

In a new foreword to this edition, he discusses developments in the study of the Eisenhower presidency in the dozen years since publication of the first edition and examines the continuing significance of Eisenhower's legacy for the larger understanding of presidential leadership in modern America.

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The Hidden-Hand Presidency by Fred I Greenstein

With a new Foreword that examines the continuing significance of the Eisenhower presidency, this title reveals that there was great political activity beneath the placid surface of the executive office under Eisenhower. "To read (this book) is to discover ...that everything you ever believed about Dwight Eisenhower as president of the United States is wrong".--"Economist".
Some books, like some scientific theories, have the capacity to alter people's whole way of looking at the worldSuch a book is The Hidden-Hand Presidency. To read it is to discover, among other things, that everything you ever believed about Dwight Eisenhower as president of the United States is wrong. Economist A fascinating exposition of Eisenhower's leadership techniques. Political Science Quarterly An important corrective to standard treatments of Ike as president. Journal of Politics A deliberately circumscribed book, but the sharp focus serves its intellectual intensity. National Review By his painstaking analysis, Greenstein should convince even the most unrelenting critic of Eisenhower's that the man had greater skills as Chief Executive than have been recognized. New Republic

Fred Irwin Greenstein (1930-2018) was an American political scientist and professor of politics at Princeton University. He was director of the Research Program in Leadership Studies at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and co-author of the book How Presidents Test Reality: Decisions on Vietnam, 1954 and 1965.

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ISBN 13 9780801849015
ISBN 10 0801849012
Title The Hidden-Hand Presidency
Author Fred I Greenstein
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Year published 1994-06-26
Number of pages 312
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.