04401nam 2200721Ia 450 991082677840332120200520144314.00-231-50610-410.7312/pres11620(CKB)111056485388040(EBL)895295(OCoLC)818854371(SSID)ssj0000226661(PQKBManifestationID)11175679(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000226661(PQKBWorkID)10258720(PQKB)10423671(MiAaPQ)EBC895295(DE-B1597)459231(OCoLC)1013944803(OCoLC)940696214(DE-B1597)9780231506106(Au-PeEL)EBL895295(CaPaEBR)ebr10568108(CaONFJC)MIL614726(EXLCZ)9911105648538804020000717d2001 uy 0engurun#---auuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe President and his inner circle leadership style and the advisory process in foreign affairs /Thomas PrestonNew York Columbia University Pressc20011 online resource (x, 347 pages)Power, conflict, and democracyDescription based upon print version of record.0-231-11621-7 0-231-11620-9 Includes bibliographical reference (p.[313]-333) and index.Introduction: Understanding the Mosaic of Presidential Personality and Leadership Styles --Presidential Personality and Leadership Style --Harry S. Truman and the Korean War --Dwight D. Eisenhower and Dien Bien Phu --John F. Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis --Lyndon Johnson and the Partial Bombing Halt in Vietnam, 1967-1968 --George Bush and the Gulf War --"A Bridge to the Twenty-first Century": The Leadership Style of Bill Clinton --Presidential Personality and the Grand Mosaic of Leadership.Few would argue that presidential policies and performance would have been the same whether John F. Kennedy or Richard Nixon became president in 1960, or if Jimmy Carter instead of Ronald Reagan had won the White House in 1980. Indeed, in recent elections, the character, prior policy experience, or personalities of candidates have played an increasing role in our assessments of their "fit" for the Oval Office. Further, these same characteristics are often used to explain an administration's success or failure in policy making. Obviously, who the president is-and what he is like-matters.This book, a new approach to the study of the personal presidency, links the characteristics of six modern American presidents-their personalities and their prior policy-making experience-to their leadership styles, advisory arrangements, and decision making in the White House. Thomas Preston uses M. G. Hermann's Personality Assessment-at-a-Distance (PAD) profiling technique, as well as exhaustive archival research and interviews with former advisors, to develop a leadership style typology. He then compares his model's expectations against the actual policy record of six past presidents, using foreign policy episodes: Korea (1950) for Truman, Dien Bien Phu (1954) for Eisenhower, Cuba (1962) for Kennedy, Vietnam (1967-68) for Johnson, the Gulf War (1990-91) for Bush, and North Korea/Haiti/Bosnia (1994-95) for Clinton.Power, conflict, and democracy.PresidentsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryPresidentsUnited StatesStaffHistory20th centuryPolitical leadershipUnited StatesCase studiesAdvisory opinionsUnited StatesCase studiesUnited StatesForeign relations1945-1989Case studiesUnited StatesForeign relations1989-Case studiesUnited StatesForeign relations20th centuryDecision makingCase studiesPresidentsHistoryPresidentsStaffHistoryPolitical leadershipAdvisory opinions327.73/009/045Preston Thomas1963-1607366MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826778403321The president and his inner circle3933613UNINA