Format:
Online-Ressource (xii, 314 p)
Edition:
2nd ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
128323369X
,
9780739166666
,
9781283233699
Content:
According to Niccolo Machiavelli, leaders must always be prepared for unexpected change, sometimes rapidly and in violent and dramatic forms, in order to retain control of their fate. Philip Abbott applies this insight to U. S. presidents. He identifies six major periods of change in the political economic and international sphere and examines how presidents from Washington to Obama responded to new challenges. How presidents are elected, how they are expected to govern, how the economy functions, and what place the nation holds in the international system create general rules that presidents
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents; Preface; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: The Founding Presidency; Chapter Three: The Partisan Presidency; Chapter Four: The Eclipsed Presidency; Chapter Five: The Modern Presidency; Chapter Six: The Cold War Presidency; Chapter Seven: The Post-Modern Presidency?; Index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780739166697
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0813123526
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Challenge of the American Presidency : Washington to Obama
Language:
English
