TY - BOOK AU - Greenstein,Fred I. TI - The presidential difference: leadership style from FDR to George W. Bush SN - 9780691119090 (br) AV - JK511 G815p 2004 U1 - 973.920 922 22 PY - 2004/// CY - Princeton (N.J.), Oxford (England) PB - Princeton University Press KW - Presidents KW - United States KW - History KW - Personality and politics KW - Political leadership KW - Présidents KW - Etats-Unis KW - Histoire KW - ram KW - Personnalitâe et politique KW - Politics and government KW - Politique et gouvernement N1 - FDR = Franklin D. Roosevelt; Bibliogr. p. 265-301. Index; The presidential difference -- The virtuosic leadership of Franklin D. Roosevelt -- The uneven leadership of Harry S. Truman -- The unexpected Eisenhower -- Coming to terms with Kennedy -- Lyndon B. Johnson and the primacy of politics -- The paradox of Richard Nixon -- The instructive presidency of Gerald Ford -- Jimmy Carter and the politics of rectitude -- Ronald Reagan: the innocent as agent of change -- The highly tactical leadership of George H.W. Bush -- The undisciplined Bill Clinton -- George W. Bush and the politics of agenda control -- Lessons from the modern presidency ER -