The Presidential Character: Predicting Performance in the White House, with a Revised and Updated Foreword by George C. Edwards III

ISBN-13: 9780367366780 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 522 str.

George C. Edwards III

Opis

In the run-up to the 2020 presidential elections, the question of presidential character has never been more urgent. Covering US presidents from Taft to H. W. Bush, and with a new foreword bringing in Trump, this book uses research-based political psychology, history, and biography to project the performance of candidates as president.

Spis treści

1. PRESIDENTIAL CHARACTER AND HOW TO FORESEE IT  2. THREE TRAGIC TALES  3. THE ACTIVE-NEGATIVE PRESIDENTS  4. THE ORIGINS OF PRESIDENTIAL COMPULSION  5. RICHARD NIXON: CONSTRUCTION AND DESTRUCTION  6. THE PASSIVE-NEGATIVE PRESIDENTS  7. THE PASSIVE-POSITIVE PRESIDENTS  8. REAGAN’S RISE AND RULE  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  13. JIMMY CARTER: PREDICTED AND REVIEWED  14. GEORGE BUSH: THE WORLD VIEW DILEMMA  15. ADDING IT UP

O autorze

James David Barber was a Duke University political scientist and provocateur best known for exploring the psychology of Oval Office aspirants and occupants. He spent years as a consultant to "NBC Nightly News" and as a board member of the Poynter Institute, a center for the study of journalism and media ethics in St. Petersburg, Florida.