1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458987603321

Autore

Felber Ron

Titolo

Presidential lessons in leadership [[electronic resource] ] : what executives (and everybody else) can learn from six great American presidents / / Ron Felber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : Hamilton Books, c2011

ISBN

1-282-99184-1

9786612991844

0-7618-5353-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Disciplina

658.4092

973.920922

Soggetti

Leadership

Presidents - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction: Presidential Lessons in Leadership; Chapter I. The Big Mistake: Substituting Management for Leadership; Chapter II. Abraham Lincoln: U.S. President, 1861-1865; Chapter III. John F. Kennedy: U.S. President, 1961-1963; Chapter IV. George Washington: U.S President, 1789-1797; Chapter V. Franklin D. Roosevelt: U.S. President, 1933-1945; Chapter VI. Theodore Roosevelt: U.S. President, 1901-1909; Chapter VII. Ronald Reagan: U.S. President, 1981-1989; Chapter VIII. The Transformation: From Fearful Manager to Indomitable Leader; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book crystallizes the methods of leadership from America's greatest presidents during moments of personal challenge and turns them into concrete lessons that business leaders, and anyone interested in becoming a more effective leader, can use daily. The presidents include Lincoln, Kennedy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt, and Reagan.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461253203321

Autore

Henig Ruth B (Ruth Beatrice)

Titolo

The League of Nations [[electronic resource] /] / Ruth Henig

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Haus Publishing, 2010

ISBN

1-283-26443-9

9786613264435

1-907822-12-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Collana

Haus histories

Makers of the modern world

Disciplina

341.2209

Soggetti

International relations

World politics - 1919-1932

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgements; One Vision - Many Approaches; The Drafting of the Covenant; A Faltering Start; Conciliation or Coercion? TheDevelopment of the League in the1920s; The League and Disarmament; The Manchurian Crisis, 1931-3; The Abyssinian Disaster; The Lessons of the League:Long Live the UN; Notes; Chronology; Further Reading; Bibliography; Picture Sources; Index; Info

Sommario/riassunto

The Paris peacemakers thought deeply about establishing an international body of authority to prevent future wars.