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Leadership in turbulent times Cover Image Book Book

Leadership in turbulent times

Goodwin, Doris Kearns (author.).

Summary: "In this culmination of five decades of acclaimed studies in presidential history, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin offers an illuminating exploration into the early development, growth, and exercise of leadership. Are leaders born or made? Where does ambition come from? How does adversity affect the growth of leadership? Does the man make the times or do the times make the man? In Leadership in Turbulent Times, Goodwin draws upon four of the presidents she has studied most closely--Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lyndon B. Johnson (in civil rights)--to show how they first recognized leadership qualities within themselves, and were recognized by others as leaders..."--Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 1476795932
  • ISBN: 9781476795935
  • ISBN: 9781476795942
  • ISBN: 1476795924
  • ISBN: 9781476795928
  • Physical Description: xvi, 473 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
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  • Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2018.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-447) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Part 1. Ambition and the recognition of leadership -- Abraham: "Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition" -- Theodore: "I rose like a rocket" -- Franklin: "No, call me Franklin" -- Lyndon: "A steam engine in pants" -- Part 2. Adversity and growth -- Abraham Lincoln: "I must die or be better" -- Theodore Roosevelt: "The light has gone out of my life" -- Franklin Roosevelt: "Above all, try something" -- Lyndon Johnson: "The most miserable period of my life" -- Part 3. The leader and the times: how they led -- Transformational leadership: Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation -- Crisis management: Theodore Roosevelt and the Coal Strike -- Turnaround leadership: Franklin Roosevelt and the Hundred Days -- Visionary leadership: Lyndon Johnson and Civil Rights -- Epilogue: Of death and remembrance.

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Subject: Political culture United States History
Crisis management United States Case studies
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Presidents United States
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines) 1908-1973
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) 1882-1945
Roosevelt, Theodore 1858-1919
Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865

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Covington Branch 973.099 G656L 2018 (Text) 33126023041977 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Erlanger Branch 973.099 G656L 2018 (Text) 33126023041985 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Erlanger Branch 973.099 G656L 2018 (Text) 33126023041993 Adult Nonfiction Available -
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