Profiles in leadership : historians on the elusive quality of greatness

Publication Data

• Title Profiles in leadership : historians on the elusive quality of greatness
• Contributor Walter Isaacson
• Publisher W. W. Norton
• Publication date 2010
• Publication location New York
• Language English

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
The phenomenon of W. E. B. DuBois / Annette Gordon-Reed
Mr. McGraw / Kevin Baker
Two approaches to leadership / Alan Brinkley
The qualities of leadership : Dwight D. Eisenhower as warrior and president / David M. Kennedy
The 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.

Topics

• Leadership :: United States :: Case studies
• Political leadership :: United States :: Case studies
• Political activists :: United States :: Case studies
• Social reformers :: United States :: Case studies
• 015594474

Profiles in leadership : historians on the elusive quality of greatness. ISBN 9780393076554. Published by W. W. Norton in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.