Leadership in turbulent times
(Large Print)
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Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, [2018].
Format
Large Print
Edition
Large print edition.
Status
Port Angeles - Large Print Nonfiction
LP 973.099 GOODWIN
2 available
LP 973.099 GOODWIN
2 available
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Port Angeles - Large Print Nonfiction | LP 973.099 GOODWIN | Available |
Port Angeles - Large Print Nonfiction | LP 973.099 GOODWIN | Available |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Character -- Case studies.
Johnson, Lyndon B. -- (Lyndon Baines), -- 1908-1973.
Large type books.
Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865.
Political culture -- United States -- History.
Political leadership -- United States.
Presidents -- United States.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. -- (Franklin Delano), -- 1882-1945.
Roosevelt, Theodore, -- 1858-1919.
United States -- Politics and government.
Johnson, Lyndon B. -- (Lyndon Baines), -- 1908-1973.
Large type books.
Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865.
Political culture -- United States -- History.
Political leadership -- United States.
Presidents -- United States.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. -- (Franklin Delano), -- 1882-1945.
Roosevelt, Theodore, -- 1858-1919.
United States -- Politics and government.
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Published
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, [2018].
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
921 pages (large print) : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
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.