The Challenge of the American Presidency: Washington to Obama

by Philip Abbott

According to Niccolo Machiavelli, leaders must always be prepared for unexpected change, sometimes rapidly and in violent and dramatic forms, in order to retain control of their fate. Philip Abbott applies this insight to U. S. presidents. He identifies six major periods of change in the political economic and international sphere and examines how presidents from Washington to Obama responded to new challenges. How presidents are elected, how they...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739166662
• ISBN13: 9780739166666
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"