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Greenstein has long been one of our keenest observers of the modern presidency. Fred greenstein studied leadership styles of presidents. Leadership style from george washington to andrew jackson princeton, the presidential difference. Drawing on a quartercenturys immersion in the presidential record and scores of interviews, fred i. Presidential difference, in which he evaluates each of the modern presidents based on six different criteria, with different presidents performing better or worse in the different categories. Presidents who suffer from severe psychological perturbations inevitably see their presidencies negatively impacted and perhaps even turn to ashes. As americans choose and install a new president for a new century they could do no better than to read this work by one of our keenest observers of the modern presidency. His most recent book is the presidential difference. Roosevelt a chronicle of the new deal and global war new york united states from hist 12071 at kent state university.
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