The Eisenhower Presidency

Lessons for the Twenty-First Century

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, 20th Century, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government
Cover of the book The Eisenhower Presidency by Meena Bose, Dale R. Herspring, Douglas Little, Andrew J. Polsky, Kenneth E. Collier, Geoffrey Kabaservice, Adam McMahon, David A. Nichols, Mark Shanahan, Zuoyue Wang, M. Stephen Weatherford, Lexington Books
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Author: Meena Bose, Dale R. Herspring, Douglas Little, Andrew J. Polsky, Kenneth E. Collier, Geoffrey Kabaservice, Adam McMahon, David A. Nichols, Mark Shanahan, Zuoyue Wang, M. Stephen Weatherford ISBN: 9781498522212
Publisher: Lexington Books Publication: November 30, 2015
Imprint: Lexington Books Language: English
Author: Meena Bose, Dale R. Herspring, Douglas Little, Andrew J. Polsky, Kenneth E. Collier, Geoffrey Kabaservice, Adam McMahon, David A. Nichols, Mark Shanahan, Zuoyue Wang, M. Stephen Weatherford
ISBN: 9781498522212
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication: November 30, 2015
Imprint: Lexington Books
Language: English

The chapters in this volume address the lessons we might draw from the Eisenhower experience for presidential leadership today. Although most of the authors find much to admire in the Eisenhower record, they express varying opinions on how applicable his approach would be for our own time. On one side, they appreciate his limited faith in the power of his words to move public opinion and his reluctance to turn to the use of force to solve international problems. On the other side, it was plain that Ike’s exercise of “hidden-hand” leadership (in Fred Greenstein’s evocative term) would not be possible in the modern media environment that makes Washington a giant fishbowl and instant revelation an acceptable norm. Both Eisenhower admirers and skeptics (and many of the authors are both) will find much in these essays to reinforce their preconceptions – and much that is unsettling. Eisenhower emerges as an effective but flawed leader. He was in many ways the right man for his time, but limited because he was also a man of his time.

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The chapters in this volume address the lessons we might draw from the Eisenhower experience for presidential leadership today. Although most of the authors find much to admire in the Eisenhower record, they express varying opinions on how applicable his approach would be for our own time. On one side, they appreciate his limited faith in the power of his words to move public opinion and his reluctance to turn to the use of force to solve international problems. On the other side, it was plain that Ike’s exercise of “hidden-hand” leadership (in Fred Greenstein’s evocative term) would not be possible in the modern media environment that makes Washington a giant fishbowl and instant revelation an acceptable norm. Both Eisenhower admirers and skeptics (and many of the authors are both) will find much in these essays to reinforce their preconceptions – and much that is unsettling. Eisenhower emerges as an effective but flawed leader. He was in many ways the right man for his time, but limited because he was also a man of his time.

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