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Title Profiles in leadership : historians on the elusive quality of greatness / edited by Walter Isaacson.

Publication Info. New York : W.W. Norton, [2010]
©2010

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Edition 1st ed.
Description 331 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-309) and index.
Summary A collection of essays reflecting on the enduring ingredients of leadership.
Contents Introduction / Walter Isaacson -- George Washington, the general / Thomas Fleming -- Charles Finney, prophet of social reform / Frances FitzGerald -- President Ulysses S. Grant and the battle for equality / Sean Wilentz -- J. Pierpont Morgan : he knew he was right / Jean Strouse -- Chief Joseph and the challenge of Indian leadership / Elliott West -- When presidents become weak / Robert Dallek -- Phenomenon of W. E. B. DuBois / Annette Gordon-Reed -- Mr. McGraw / Kevin Baker -- Two approaches to leadership / Alan Brinkley -- Qualities of leadership : Dwight D. Eisenhower as warrior and president / David M. Kennedy -- Implausible Wendell Willkie : leadership ahead of its time / David Levering Lewis -- "Am I a 'screwball', or am I a pioneer?" : Pauli Murray's Civil Rights movement / Glenda Gilmore -- Robert Kennedy, the empathetic leader / Evan Thomas.
Provenance Gift of Arthur J. Stainman Rider Alumnus Class of 1965.
Subject Leadership -- United States -- Case studies.
Leadership.
United States.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Subject Political leadership -- United States -- Case studies.
Political leadership.
Political activists -- United States -- Case studies.
Political activists.
Social reformers -- United States -- Case studies.
Social reformers.
Businessmen -- United States -- Case studies.
Businessmen.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Added Author Isaacson, Walter.
ISBN 9780393076554 hardback
0393076555 hardback