02780nam 2200661 450 991046570330332120200520144314.00-8157-2779-80-8157-2780-1(CKB)3710000000742004(EBL)4551239(SSID)ssj0001693769(PQKBManifestationID)16543802(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001693769(PQKBWorkID)15066058(PQKB)25089207(MiAaPQ)EBC4551239(OCoLC)951465416(MdBmJHUP)muse51511(Au-PeEL)EBL4551239(CaPaEBR)ebr11241893(CaONFJC)MIL980215(EXLCZ)99371000000074200420160823h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhy presidents fail and how they can succeed again /Elaine C. KamarckWashington, District of Columbia :Brookings Institution Press,2016.©20161 online resource (207 p.)Includes index.0-8157-2778-X Includes bibliographical references and index.The helicopters in the desert -- Ignoring the flashing lights -- We look like a third world country -- Space walks and crashing websites -- The buck doesn't stop here after all -- The voters guide to picking presidents.Failure should not be an option in the presidency, but for too long it has been the norm. From the botched attempt to rescue the U.S. diplomats held hostage by Iran in 1980 under President Jimmy Carter and the missed intelligence on Al Qaeda before 9-11 under George W. Bush to, most recently, the computer meltdown that marked the arrival of health care reform under Barack Obama, the American presidency has been a profile in failure. In Why Presidents Fail and How They Can Succeed Again, Elaine Kamarck surveys these and other recent presidential failures to understand why Americans have lost faPresidentsUnited StatesPolitical leadershipUnited StatesPolitical planningUnited StatesExecutive powerUnited StatesExecutive departmentsUnited StatesManagementElectronic books.PresidentsPolitical leadershipPolitical planningExecutive powerExecutive departmentsManagement.352.23/60973Kamarck Elaine Ciulla873088MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465703303321Why presidents fail1999964UNINA