Presidential Power and the Modern Presidents: The Politics of Leadership from Roosevelt to Reagan

404 Pages·1991·25.102 MB·English

by  Richard E. Neustadt

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Presidential Power
and the
Modern
Presidents

Power
Presidential
and
the
Modern
Presidents
The Politics ofLeadership
from Roosevelt to Reagan
RICHARD NEUSTADT
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Copyright© 1990 by Richard E. Neustadt
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Neustadt,RichardE.
Presidentialpowerand themodernpresidents: thepoliticsofleadership
fromRoosevelttoReagan/Richard E. Neustadt.
p. cm.
Rev. ed. of: PresidentialPower. cl980.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN0-02-922796-8
1. Presidents-United States. 2. Executivepower-United States.
3. UnitedStates-Politicsandgovernment—1945- I. Neustadt,RichardE.
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To Bert and Roger

Contents
Preface to the 1990 Edition IX
Preface to the First Edition XX
Acknowledgments, 1990 XXV
part one: Presidential Power
v 1 Leader or Clerk? 3
2 Three Cases ofCommand 10
Cy The Power to Persuade 29
4 Professional Reputation 50
5 Public Prestige 73
(Jp'Two Matters ofChoice 91
(2p Men in Office 128
8 The Sixties Come Next 152
part two: Later Reflections
9 Appraising a President 167
10 Reappraising Power 183
11 Hazards ofTransition 230
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12 Matter ofDetail 269
13 Two Cases ofSelf-Help 295
Notes 319
Index 363
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