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Essays in honor of James MacGregor Burns / edited by Michael R. Beschloss and Thomas E. Cronin. - Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall, �1989. - x, 256 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A Conversation on retirement from Williams College -- The Origins of the American presidency -- James MacGregor Burns and the ideas of a vigorous, programmatic, partisan yet accountable presidency -- John Kennedy: a political profile revisited -- Franklin D. Roosevelt and the intended new deal -- How to fill the gaps in political biography: the case of FDR -- Neither leaders nor followers: citizenship under strong democracy -- "No one man": bringing the commander in chief to account -- Party renewal and American democracy -- The Supreme court: transactional or transformational leadership? -- Leadership and equality: a social scientist at work -- Leaders and leaders: the Soviet-American summits -- A Conversation on the American presidency.

ISBN: 0132839954 9780132839952

LCCN: 88005811

Nat. Bib. No.: GB9330914 bnb

Subjects--Personal Names:
Burns, James MacGregor.
Burns, James MacGregor.
Burns, James MacGregor.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Whitman College--Authors, Faculty.
USA--Pr�asident.

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1900 - 1999

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Presidents--History--United States--20th century.
Political science.
Presidents.
Aufsatzsammlung.
Politische F�uhrung.
Bibliographie.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Politics and government--20th century.
United States.
USA.

Subjects--Index Terms: Politics History United States

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.

LC Class. No.: E175.5.B85 / E88 1989

Dewey Class. No.: 973.9