Inventing the Job of President: Leadership Style from George Washington to Andrew Jackson

by Fred I. Greenstein

Book Overview

How the early presidents shaped America's highest office

From George Washington's decision to buy time for the new nation by signing the less-than-ideal Jay Treaty with Great Britain in 1795 to George W. Bush's order of a military intervention in Iraq in 2003, the matter of who is president of the United States is of the utmost importance. In this book, Fred Greenstein examines the leadership styles of the earliest presidents, men...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691133581
• ISBN13: 9780691133584
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.4"