Presidential Leadership in Crisis: Defining Moments of the Modern Presidents from Franklin Roosevelt to Donald Trump

ISBN-13: 9780367429492 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 242 str.

Kenneth T. Walsh

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Crises pose a challenge to leaders as no other tests they confront. In this comprehensive and timely book, veteran journalist Kenneth T. Walsh offers a probing look at how presidents from FDR to Trump dealt with crises they faced.

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About the Author
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One: Abraham Lincoln: The Nation’s Worst Crisis
Chapter Two: Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Great Depression
Chapter Three: Harry Truman: The Battle with Douglas MacArthur
Chapter Four: Dwight Eisenhower: The U-2 Mission
Chapter Five: John F. Kennedy: The Cuban Missile Crisis
Chapter Six: Lyndon B. Johnson: The War in Vietnam and Reelection
Chapter Seven: Richard M. Nixon: The Watergate Scandal and National Disgrace
Chapter Eight: Gerald R. Ford: The Pardon
Chapter Nine: Jimmy Carter: The Iranian Hostage Crisis
Chapter Ten: Ronald Reagan: A Matter of Life and Death
Chapter Eleven: George H.W. Bush: The Persian Gulf War
Chapter Twelve: Bill Clinton: Impeachment and Scandal
Chapter Thirteen: George W. Bush: 9/11 and the Global War on Terror
Chapter Fourteen: Barack Obama: Ending the “Great Recession”
Chapter Fifteen: Donald Trump: A New Era of Perpetual Crisis
Epilogue
Selected Readings
Index

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Kenneth T. Walsh is a contributor and longtime White House and political analyst for U.S. News & World Report. He covered the White House for three decades starting in 1986, including the presidencies of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump. He is one of the longest-serving White House correspondents in history. This is his ninth book about the U.S. presidency. His other titles include Air Force One: A History of the Presidents and Their Planes, Celebrity in Chief: A History of the Presidents and the Culture of Stardom, and Ultimate Insiders: White House Photographers and How They Shape History. Walsh is former president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, and he has won the most prestigious awards for White House coverage. He frequently serves as an analyst on television and radio, and gives many speeches around the country and abroad. He is an adjunct professorial lecturer at American University in Washington, D.C. He and his wife Barclay Walsh live in Bethesda, Maryland, and Shady Side, Maryland. They have two children, Jean and Chris.