This essay collection is a retrospective analysis of the Washington administration's importance to the understanding of the modern presidency. Contemporary presidential scholarship gives little attention to the enormous impact that Washington's actions had on establishing the presidency. Most contemporary literature starts with 1933 and, although FDR's impact on the development of the modern institution of the presidency is undeniable, Washington's actions in office also established standards for practices that continue to this day.
This analysis of the Washington presidency begins with an examination of Washington's leadership and its relevance to the modern presidency. The second group of essays looks at different aspects of presidential powers and the precedents established by the Washington administration. The third section examines Washington's press coverage, looking at the origins of Washington's image and the various myths in the press as well as the president's difficult relations with his contemporary press. A thoughtful and important corrective that will be of interest to scholars, students, and researchers involved with the American presidency and its history.

George Washington and the Origins of the American Presidency

History

Williams, Frank J.

Rozell, Mark J.

Pederson, William D.

Americas

Praeger

Written by both historians and political scientists, this new essay collection explores the sources, style, and quality of Lincoln's leadership. Challenging several popular schools of thought, the contributors show that both Lincoln's character and American democratic culture influenced his leadership style. They present him as a principled leader who sought realistic solutions in extenuating circumstances. Building on the democratic principles of the nation's framers, his vision of equality was consistent with the views of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. The portrait that emerges is of an active-flexible president whose culture permitted a magnanimous and prudential political style. Lincoln's leadership encouraged the development of responsible democratic rule.
The volume places Lincoln's leadership in a historical context and within the political perspective of the influences on him and his impact on others. It also examines his leadership style in terms of the factors organization theorists consider essential for effectiveness. The initial chapters focus on the impact others had on Lincoln and how he transformed their ideas into his own political vision. The work then turns to Lincoln's political style during the Civil War and how he influenced others. The final chapter puts Lincoln's political style in the perspective of world leaders of his age. This volume will be of interest to both historians and political scientists.

Abraham Lincoln: Sources and Style of Leadership (Contributions in American History)

Marsala, Vincent

Biographies & Memoirs

No event shaped the twentieth century more than World War II, and no leader shaped the conduct of the war and the formation of the modern world more than President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In this anthology, leading scholars examine Roosevelt's role in the international arena, focusing on his diplomacy with Europe, Russia, the Baltic States, Canada, and the Caribbean; his relations with American Jews in the face of the Holocaust; his military appointments; and the operation of the Civilian War Services Division.

Franklin D.Roosevelt and the Formation of the Modern World (M.E. Sharpe Library of Franklin D. Roosevelt Studies (Hardcover))

Howard, Steve

Historical

Routledge

Franklin D.Roosevelt and the Formation of the Modern World (The M.E. Sharpe Library of Franklin D. Roosevelt Studies, Volume 4)

Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed 10 justices to the U.S. Supreme Court - more than any president except Washington - and during his presidency from 1933 to 1945, the Court gained more visibility, underwent greater change, and made more landmark decisions than it had in its previous 150 years of existence. This collection examines FDR's influence on the Supreme Court and the Court's growing influence on American life.

Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Transformation of the Supreme Court (M.E. Sharpe Library of Franklin D. Roosevelt Studies)

Williams, Michael R.

Shaw, Stephen K.

Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt are widely considered the two greatest presidents of the past two centuries. How did these two very different men rise to power, run their administrations, and achieve greatness? How did they set their policies, rally public opinion, and transform the nation? Were they ultimately more different or alike? This anthology compares these two presidents and presidencies, examining their legacies, leadership styles, and places in history.

Franklin D.Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln: Competing Perspectives on Two Great Presidencies (M. E. Sharp Library of Franklin D. Roosevelt Studies)

Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt are widely considered the two greatest presidents of the past two centuries. How did these two very different men rise to power, run their administrations, and achieve greatness? How did they set their policies, rally public opinion, and transform the nation? Were they ultimately more different or alike? This anthology compares these two presidents and presidencies, examining their legacies, leadership styles, and places in history.

Franklin D.Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln: Competing Perspectives on Two Great Presidencies (M.E. Sharpe Library of Franklin D. Roosevelt Studies (Paperback))

Williams, Michael R D.

Born in 1882 in Hyde Park, New York, Franklin Delano Rooseveltentered public service through the encouragement of the DemocraticParty and won the election to the New York Senate in 1910. He thenbecame the assistant secretary of the navy, as well as the Democraticnominee for vice president in 1920. It wasn't until 1932 that he waselected President of the United States and took on the task of restoringfaith in the American public after the economic devastation of WorldWar I.

The FDR Years (Presidential Profiles)

FACTS ON FILE+

This is the first collection of new and previously printed theoretical and empirical studies on James David Barber's theory of American Presidential behavior. Barber's theory is presented along with critiques, empirical tests, and case studies, so that an evaluation of this psychological approach to the presidency may be made. Barber's accurate predictions on the Nixon and Reagan presidencies lend additional support to his theory which was formulated some twenty years ago. In the Nuclear Age concerned citizens need to be able to assess the psychological orientation of presidential candidates. This reader is designed to assist in that goal.

The «Barberian» Presidency: Theoretical and Empirical Readings (American University Studies)

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers

According to Lincoln scholar, David E. Long( The Jewel of Liberty: Abraham Lincoldn's Reelection and the End of Slavery  ), history has thrown up precious few individuals who have reshaped the landscape of human experience and potential.” Of all the great national leaders of the previous century, the individual who stands like a colossus astride the nineteenth centurythe champion of democratic government and the common person at a time when the rest of the world had rejected such notions in favor of monarchs and despotsis Abraham Lincoldn, and he is at the center of American history.” Lincoln,” writes Lang, has been a source of inspiration for every generation of Americans since the Civil War, and every president since Lincoln has had the unenviable task of attempting to conduct his administration against the measuring stick left by our sixteenth chief executive.” As demonstrated by this wide range of essays, his influence is indeed pervasive. These papers, written by many of today's leading presidential scholars and social historians, contribute significantly to our understanding and appreciation of Lincoln the president, emancipator, constitutionalist, and role model. Some of the topics include: a fascinating examination of Lincoln's quarrelsome yet capable cabinet; a trio of insightful essays on his impact on successors Rutherford Hayes, FDR, and Gerald Ford; two sharply contrasting opinions regarding Lincoln's contentious relations with the Supreme Court and his assumption and exercise of extraordinary (if not unconstitutional) powers; and an engrossing discussion of the visions, dreams and premonitions that haunted Lincoln until his death by an assassin's bullet. Just as Lincoln himself was a benchmark for presidential successors, Abraham Lincoln: Contemporary,  will be the benchmark against which future collections of essays will be measured.

Abraham Lincoln : Contemporary: An American Legacy

Da Capo Press

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