The Presidential character : predicting performance in the White House
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The Presidential character : predicting performance in the White House
Prentice-Hall, c1992
4th ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Incorporating U.S. presidents from Taft to Bush, this volume uses research-based political psychology, history, and biography to provide a means of determining the performance of candidates as president.
Table of Contents
I. PREDICTING PRESIDENTS.
1. Presidential Character and How to Foresee It.
II. THE CONTRADICTIONS OF POWER.
2. Three Tragic Tales.
3. The Active-Negative Presidents.
4. The Origins of Presidential Compulsion.
5. Richard Nixon: Winning Tragedy.
III. OF LOVE AND POLITICAL DUTY.
6. The Passive-Negative Presidents.
7. The Passive-Positive Presidents.
8. Reagan Wrecks Reality.
IV. CONGRUENCE IN CHARACTER.
9. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Active-Positive Affection.
10 Harry S. Truman and Active-Positive Combat.
11. John F. Kennedy and Active-Positive Commitment.
12. The Crucial Ford Transition.
V. BEYOND CHARACTER.
13. President Carter and Negotiation.
14. President Bush and Worldview.
VI. THE THEORY OF PRESIDENTIAL CHARACTER.
15. Adding It Up.
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