The Presidential Character Predicting Performance in the White House (Longman Classics in Polit...
ISBN: 9780205652594 | 020565259X
Edition: 4thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson
Pub. Date: 7/1/2008
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Dr. James David Barbers well-known, provocative examination of who has the potential to be voted into the highest office in the land and why is being reissued as the newest addition to the Longman Classics in Political Science series. Arguing that patterns in a persons character, world view, and style can allow us to anticipate their performance as president, The Presidential Character offers explanations and predictions of the performance of presidents and presidential candidates. Drawing on historical, biographical, and psychological research... MORE
| Foreword | |
| Texas A&M University | |
| Predicting Presidents | |
| Presidential Character and How to Foresee It | |
| The Contradictions of Power | |
| Three Tragic Tales | |
| The Active-Negative Presidents | |
| The Origins of Presidential Compulsion | |
| Richard Nixon: Winning Tragedy | |
| Of Love and Political Duty | |
| The... MORE | |
| The Passive-Positive Presidents | |
| Reagan Wrecks Reality | |
| Congruence in Character | |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt and Active-Positive Affection | |
| Harry S. Truman and Active-Positive Combat | |
| John F. Kennedy and Active-Positive Commitment | |
| The Crucial Ford Transition | |
| Beyond Character | |
| President Carter and Negotiation | |
| President Bush and Worldview | |
| The Theory of Presidential Character | |
| Adding It Up | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
James David Barber was a Duke University political scientist and provocateur best known for exploring the psychology of Oval Office aspirants and occupants. He spent years as a consultant to "NBC Nightly News" and as a board member of the Poynter Institute, a center for the study of journalism and media ethics in St. Petersburg, Fla.
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