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Profiles in leadership : historians on the elusive quality of greatness / edited by Walter Isaacson.

Isaacson, Walter. (Added Author).

Summary:

A collection of essays reflecting on the enduring ingredients of leadership.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0393076555
  • ISBN: 9780393076554
  • Physical Description: 331 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, [2010]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-309) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction / Walter Isaacson -- George Washington, the general / Thomas Fleming -- Charles Finney, prophet of social reform / Frances FitzGerald -- President Ulysses S. Grant and the battle for equality / Sean Wilentz -- J. Pierpont Morgan : he knew he was right / Jean Strouse -- Chief Joseph and the challenge of Indian leadership / Elliott West -- When presidents become weak / Robert Dallek -- Phenomenon of W. E. B. DuBois / Annette Gordon-Reed -- Mr. McGraw / Kevin Baker -- Two approaches to leadership / Alan Brinkley -- Qualities of leadership : Dwight D. Eisenhower as warrior and president / David M. Kennedy -- Implausible Wendell Willkie : leadership ahead of its time / David Levering Lewis -- "Am I a 'screwball', or am I a pioneer?" : Pauli Murray's Civil Rights movement / Glenda Gilmore -- Robert Kennedy, the empathetic leader / Evan Thomas.
Subject:
Businessmen > United States > Case studies.
Leadership > United States > Case studies.
Political activists > United States > Case studies.
Political leadership > United States > Case studies.
Social reformers > United States > Case studies.
Genre:
Case studies.

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