The Resource Why moderates make the best presidents : George Washington to Barack Obama, Gil Troy
Why moderates make the best presidents : George Washington to Barack Obama, Gil Troy
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- Edition
- Second edition, with a new afterword.
- Extent
- x, 350 pages
- Note
- Previous title: Leading from the center, ©2008
- Contents
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- Preface to the second edition.
- Introduction : presidents as muscular moderates : a "middle course" for our "common cause".
- Washington's way : "liberal allowances, mutual forbearances, and temporizing yielding on all sides".
- Compromisers, zealots, and ciphers : the blessing of parties, the challenge of slavery, and the failure of presidents.
- Abraham Lincoln's middle measure : a cautious politician's "my policy is to have no policy" pragmatism.
- Theodore Roosevelt's democratic two-step : the rise of the romantic, nationalist presidency.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal : the radical as moderate.
- Truman, Eisenhower, and America's bipartisan consensus : building political unity through cultural conformity.
- John F. Kennedy and civil rights : moderation and the challenge of change.
- The consensus collapses : Lyndon Johnson and the limits of moderation.
- Learning from losers : where Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter went wrong.
- Ronald Reagan's moderate revolution : resurrecting the center.
- Bill Clinton and the perils of triangulation : the need to be muscular as well as moderate.
- George W. Bush : imprisoned by conviction?
- Conclusion : center seeking in the twenty-first century : is political moderation possible in an age of excess?
- Afterword : a president and a people in search of moderation
- Isbn
- 9780700618835
- Label
- Why moderates make the best presidents : George Washington to Barack Obama
- Title
- Why moderates make the best presidents
- Title remainder
- George Washington to Barack Obama
- Statement of responsibility
- Gil Troy
- Language
- eng
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Troy, Gil
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Troy, Gil
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Presidents
- Presidents
- Political leadership
- Moderation
- United States
- United States
- Label
- Why moderates make the best presidents : George Washington to Barack Obama, Gil Troy
- Note
- Previous title: Leading from the center, ©2008
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Preface to the second edition. -- Introduction : presidents as muscular moderates : a "middle course" for our "common cause". -- Washington's way : "liberal allowances, mutual forbearances, and temporizing yielding on all sides". -- Compromisers, zealots, and ciphers : the blessing of parties, the challenge of slavery, and the failure of presidents. -- Abraham Lincoln's middle measure : a cautious politician's "my policy is to have no policy" pragmatism. -- Theodore Roosevelt's democratic two-step : the rise of the romantic, nationalist presidency. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal : the radical as moderate. -- Truman, Eisenhower, and America's bipartisan consensus : building political unity through cultural conformity. -- John F. Kennedy and civil rights : moderation and the challenge of change. -- The consensus collapses : Lyndon Johnson and the limits of moderation. -- Learning from losers : where Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter went wrong. -- Ronald Reagan's moderate revolution : resurrecting the center. -- Bill Clinton and the perils of triangulation : the need to be muscular as well as moderate. -- George W. Bush : imprisoned by conviction? -- Conclusion : center seeking in the twenty-first century : is political moderation possible in an age of excess? -- Afterword : a president and a people in search of moderation
- Control code
- FIEb17181550
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- Second edition, with a new afterword.
- Extent
- x, 350 pages
- Isbn
- 9780700618835
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)788282781
- Label
- Why moderates make the best presidents : George Washington to Barack Obama, Gil Troy
- Note
- Previous title: Leading from the center, ©2008
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Preface to the second edition. -- Introduction : presidents as muscular moderates : a "middle course" for our "common cause". -- Washington's way : "liberal allowances, mutual forbearances, and temporizing yielding on all sides". -- Compromisers, zealots, and ciphers : the blessing of parties, the challenge of slavery, and the failure of presidents. -- Abraham Lincoln's middle measure : a cautious politician's "my policy is to have no policy" pragmatism. -- Theodore Roosevelt's democratic two-step : the rise of the romantic, nationalist presidency. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal : the radical as moderate. -- Truman, Eisenhower, and America's bipartisan consensus : building political unity through cultural conformity. -- John F. Kennedy and civil rights : moderation and the challenge of change. -- The consensus collapses : Lyndon Johnson and the limits of moderation. -- Learning from losers : where Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter went wrong. -- Ronald Reagan's moderate revolution : resurrecting the center. -- Bill Clinton and the perils of triangulation : the need to be muscular as well as moderate. -- George W. Bush : imprisoned by conviction? -- Conclusion : center seeking in the twenty-first century : is political moderation possible in an age of excess? -- Afterword : a president and a people in search of moderation
- Control code
- FIEb17181550
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- Second edition, with a new afterword.
- Extent
- x, 350 pages
- Isbn
- 9780700618835
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)788282781
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