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From George Washington's decision to buy time for the new land by signing the less-than-ideal Jay Treaty with THE UK in 1795 to George W. Bush's order to intervene militarily in Iraq in 2003, the problem of who is president of america is of the most importance. In this e book, Fred Greenstein examines the authority styles of the earliest presidents, men who dished up at the same time when it was by no means sure that the American experiment in free federal would do well.In his groundbreaking e book The Presidential Difference, Greenstein examined the personal strengths and weaknesses of the modern presidents since Franklin D. Roosevelt. Here, he requires us back to the very founding of the republic to apply the same yardsticks to the first seven presidents, from Washington to Andrew Jackson, giving his no-nonsense evaluation of the characteristics that have and didn't provide them well in office.For every president, Greenstein offers a concise record of his life and presidency, and evaluates him in the regions of open public communication, organizational capacity, politics skill, policy eye-sight, cognitive style, and psychological cleverness. Washington, for example, used his organizational prowess - honed as a military services commander and plantation owner - to lead an orderly admininstration. On the other hand, John Adams was erudite but psychologically volatile, and his presidency was an organizational devastation.Inventing the work of Leader clarifies how these early presidents and their successors molded the American presidency we realize today and helped the new republic prosper despite profound issues at home and in foreign countries. The e book is released by Princeton University Press.
