Leadership in turbulent times, Doris Kearns Goodwin
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Leadership in turbulent times, Doris Kearns Goodwin
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-447) and index
resource.biographical
collective biography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Leadership in turbulent times
Nature of contents
bibliography
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1033551564
Responsibility statement
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Summary
Are leaders born or made? Where does ambition come from? How does adversity affect the growth of leadership? Does the leader make the times or do the times make the leader? Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin draws upon the four presidents she has studied most closely -- Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lyndon B. Johnson (in civil rights) -- to show how they recognized leadership qualities within themselves and were recognized as leaders by others. By looking back to their first entries into public life, we encounter them at a time when their paths were filled with confusion, fear, and hope. They all collided with dramatic reversals that disrupted their lives and threatened to shatter forever their ambitions. Nonetheless, they all emerged fitted to confront the contours and dilemmas of their times. No common pattern describes the trajectory of leadership. Although set apart in background, abilities, and temperament, these men shared a fierce ambition and a deep-seated resilience that enabled them to surmount uncommon hardships. At their best, all four were guided by a sense of moral purpose. At moments of great challenge, they were able to summon their talents to enlarge the opportunities and lives of others
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Subject
- Biographies
- Political leadership -- United States -- Case studies
- Crisis management -- United States -- Case studies
- Biography
- United States -- Politics and government -- Case studies
- Johnson, Lyndon B., Lyndon Baines, 1908-1973
- Caractère -- Études de cas
- Roosevelt, Theodore
- History
- United States -- Politics and government
- Presidents -- United States
- Case Reports
- Case Reports
- Caractère
- Crisis management -- United States -- Case studies
- Roosevelt, Franklin D
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Présidents -- États-Unis
- Johnson, Lyndon B
- Case studies
- Biographies
- Political culture + History -- United States
- Character -- Case studies
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
- Gestion de crise -- États-Unis -- Études de cas
- États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement -- Études de cas
- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Political culture -- United States -- History
- Political leadership -- United States -- Case studies
- Presidents -- United States
- Character
- collective biographies
- Roosevelt, Franklin D., Franklin Delano, 1882-1945
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- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Creator1
- Genre6
- Subject34
- Biographies
- Political leadership -- United States -- Case studies
- Crisis management -- United States -- Case studies
- Biography
- United States -- Politics and government -- Case studies
- Johnson, Lyndon B., Lyndon Baines, 1908-1973
- Caractère -- Études de cas
- Roosevelt, Theodore
- History
- United States -- Politics and government
- Presidents -- United States
- Case Reports
- Case Reports
- Caractère
- Crisis management -- United States -- Case studies
- Roosevelt, Franklin D
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Présidents -- États-Unis
- Johnson, Lyndon B
- Case studies
- Biographies
- Political culture + History -- United States
- Character -- Case studies
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
- Gestion de crise -- États-Unis -- Études de cas
- États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement -- Études de cas
- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Political culture -- United States -- History
- Political leadership -- United States -- Case studies
- Presidents -- United States
- Character
- collective biographies
- Roosevelt, Franklin D., Franklin Delano, 1882-1945
- Content1
- Author1
- Mapped to1