Paperback / softback
May 1, 1994
9780801849015
English
312
9.00 Inches (US)
6.00 Inches (US)
1.1 Pounds (US)
$35.00 USD, £26.00 GBP
v2.1 Reference

The Hidden-Hand Presidency

Eisenhower as Leader

By Fred I. Greenstein
Johns Hopkins University Press

Drawing on extensive interviews and archival research, Fred Greenstein reveals that there was great political activity beneath the placid surface of the Eisenhower White House. In a new foreword to this edition, he discusses developments in the study of the Eisenhower presidency in the dozen years since publication of the first edition and examines the continuing significance of Eisenhower's legacy for the larger understanding of presidential leadership in modern America.

About the Author

Fred Irwin Greenstein (1930-2018) was an American political scientist and professor of politics at Princeton University. He was director of the Research Program in Leadership Studies at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and co-author of the book How Presidents Test Reality: Decisions on Vietnam, 1954 and 1965.

Reviews

"Some books, like some scientific theories, have the capacity to alter people's whole way of looking at the world. Such a book is The Hidden-Hand Presidency. To read it is to discover, among other things, that everything you ever believed about Dwight Eisenhower as president of the United States is wrong."

- Economist

"A fascinating exposition of Eisenhower's leadership techniques."

- Political Science Quarterly

"An important corrective to standard treatments of Ike as president."

- Journal of Politics

"A deliberately circumscribed book, but the sharp focus serves its intellectual intensity."

- National Review

"By his painstaking analysis, Greenstein should convince even the most unrelenting critic of Eisenhower's that the man had greater skills as Chief Executive than have been recognized."

- New Republic
Johns Hopkins University Press
From 17

9780801849015 : the-hidden-hand-presidency-greenstein
Paperback / softback
312 Pages
$35.00 USD
Add to Cart

Other Titles by Fred I. Greenstein

9780801881510 : the-george-w-bush-presidency-greenstein

The George W. Bush Presidency

An Early Assessment
edited by Fred I. Greenstein
Dec 2004 - Johns Hopkins University Press
$22.95 USD - Electronic book text

Other Titles in POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch

9780813184111 : crossroads-of-decision-jablon

Crossroads Of Decision

The State Department and Foreign Policy, 1933-1937
Howard Jablon
Oct 2021 - University Press of Kentucky
$40.00 USD - Electronic book text
$25.00 USD - Paperback / softback
9780813184937 : the-secretary-of-defense-kinnard

The Secretary of Defense

Douglas Kinnard
Oct 2021 - University Press of Kentucky
$35.00 USD - Hardback
$70.00 USD - Electronic book text
9780813186672 : the-treaty-of-portsmouth-trani

The Treaty of Portsmouth

An Adventure in American Diplomacy
Eugene P. Trani
Oct 2021 - University Press of Kentucky
$20.00 USD - Paperback / softback
$45.00 USD - Electronic book text
See All 35 Titles in POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch

Other Titles in Political leaders & leadership

9780813178394 : breaking-protocol-nash

Breaking Protocol

America's First Female Ambassadors, 1933-1964
Philip Nash, Ph.D.
Jan 2020 - University Press of Kentucky
$45.00 USD - Hardback
9780813177458 : the-us-senate-and-the-commonwealth-mcconnell-brownell-alexander

The US Senate and the Commonwealth

Kentucky Lawmakers and the Evolution of Legislative Leadership
Mitch McConnell, Roy E. Brownell, II, afterword by Lamar Alexander
Jun 2019 - University Press of Kentucky
$25.00 USD - Hardback
9789633860168 : nationalizing-empires-berger-miller

Nationalizing Empires

edited by Stefan Berger, Alexei Miller
Jun 2015 - Central European University Press
$115.00 USD - Hardback
See All 7 Titles in Political leaders & leadership