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Nine eminent political scientists and historians here present their assessments of the leadership styles and organizational talents of presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt through Ronald Reagan. Their insights and anecdotes provide an unprecedented opportunity to observe the presidency within historical context.

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Fred I. Greenstein has long been one of our keenest observers of the modern presidency. In "The Presidential Difference, " he provides a fascinating and instructive account of the presidential qualities that have served well and poorly in the Oval Office, beginning with Franklin D. Roosevelt's first hundred days. He surveys each president's political skill, vision, cognitive style, organizational capacity, ability to communicate, and emotional...

It is widely recognized that politics often is profoundly shaped by the personalities of the actors in the political process. Yet the scholarly literature on "personality and politics" is one of the most vexed, controversial, and methodologically gnarled bodies of inquiry in the social sciences. The author of this book, an acknowledged authority in the field, attempts to lay out conceptual and methodological standards for carrying out personal...

With a new Foreword that examines the continuing significance of the Eisenhower presidency, this title reveals that there was great political activity beneath the placid surface of the executive office under Eisenhower. "To read (this book) is to discover . . . that everything you ever believed about Dwight Eisenhower as president of the United States is wrong".--"Economist".