Description
Drawing on extensive interviews and archival research, Fred Greenstein reveals that there was great political activity beneath the placid surface of the Eisenhower White House. In a new foreword to this edition, he discusses developments in the study of the Eisenhower presidency in the dozen years since publication of the first edition and examines the continuing significance of Eisenhower's legacy for the larger understanding of presidential leadership in modern America.
Author: Fred I. Greenstein
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 05/01/1994
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.18w x 0.77d
ISBN13: 9780801849015
ISBN10: 0801849012
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | American Government | General
- History | United States | 20th Century
- Political Science | Public Affairs & Administration
About the Author
Fred Irwin Greenstein (1930-2018) was an American political scientist and professor of politics at Princeton University. He was director of the Research Program in Leadership Studies at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and co-author of the book How Presidents Test Reality: Decisions on Vietnam, 1954 and 1965.