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The Eisenhower Presidency
Lessons for the Twenty-First Century|
57,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Lexington Books |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 30.11.2015 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781498522212 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 306 |
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<span><span>We are in the midst of a Dwight Eisenhower revival. Today pundits often look to Eisenhower as a model of how a president can govern across party lines and protect American interests globally without resorting too quickly to the use of force. Yet this mix of nostalgia and frustration with the current polarized state of American politics may mislead us. Eisenhower’s presidency has much to teach us today about how a president might avert crises and showdowns at home or abroad. But he governed under conditions so strikingly different from those a chief executive faces in the early 21</span><span><sup>st</sup></span><span> century that we need to question how much of his style could work in our own era. </span></span>
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<span><span>The chapters in this volume address the lessons we might draw from the Eisenhower experience for presidential leadership today. Although most of the authors find much to admire in the Eisenhower record, they express varying opinions on how applicable his approach would be for our own time. On one side, they appreciate his limited faith in the power of his words to move public opinion and his reluctance to turn to the use of force to solve international problems. On the other side, it was plain that Ike’s exercise of “hidden-hand” leadership (in Fred Greenstein’s evocative term) would not be possible in the modern media environment that makes Washington a giant fishbowl and instant revelation an acceptable norm. Both Eisenhower admirers and skeptics (and many of the authors are both) will find much in these essays to reinforce their preconceptions – and much that is unsettling. Eisenhower emerges as an effective but flawed leader. He was in many ways the right man </span><span>for</span><span> his time, but limited because he was also a man </span><span>of</span><span> his time.</span></span>
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<span><span>The chapters in this volume address the lessons we might draw from the Eisenhower experience for presidential leadership today. Although most of the authors find much to admire in the Eisenhower record, they express varying opinions on how applicable his approach would be for our own time. On one side, they appreciate his limited faith in the power of his words to move public opinion and his reluctance to turn to the use of force to solve international problems. On the other side, it was plain that Ike’s exercise of “hidden-hand” leadership (in Fred Greenstein’s evocative term) would not be possible in the modern media environment that makes Washington a giant fishbowl and instant revelation an acceptable norm. Both Eisenhower admirers and skeptics (and many of the authors are both) will find much in these essays to reinforce their preconceptions – and much that is unsettling. Eisenhower emerges as an effective but flawed leader. He was in many ways the right man </span><span>for</span><span> his time, but limited because he was also a man </span><span>of</span><span> his time.</span></span>
<span><span>This book offers candid assessments of the Eisenhower presidency and lessons we can apply in examining presidents today. The contributors, including many noted Eisenhower and presidency scholars, consider Eisenhower’s leadership style, strategic vision, approach to civil rights and the economy, reactions to crises at home and abroad, and more. </span></span>
<span><span>Introduction </span><span>Andrew J. Polsky</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter One: Reassessing and Reviving Eisenhower’s Governing Style </span><span>Kenneth E. Collier</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter Two: Leading as a True Conservative: Eisenhower, the GOP, and the Politics of Fiscal Responsibility </span><span>Geoffrey Kabaservice</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter Three: Closing Argument: The Verdict on Ike and Civil Rights </span><span>David A. Nichols</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter Four: The Eisenhower Transition: The Economics and Politics of Economic Policy </span></span>
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<span><span>M. Stephen Weatherford</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter Five: Pursuing the Parallel Track </span><span>Mark Shanahan</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter Six: Sputnik Moments: Science and Technology Policy from Eisenhower to Obama </span><span>Zuoyue Wang</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter Seven: Eisenhower’s “Strategic Hand”: Developing and Executing a Foreign Policy Vision </span><span>Meena Bose</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter Eight: We’re Not in Kansas Anymore: Eisenhower and U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East, 1953-1961 </span><span>Douglas Little</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter Nine: Eisenhower and the Military </span><span>Dale R. Herspring</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter Ten: Peace Dividends: Eisenhower and the Unbuilding of the American National Security State </span><span>Adam McMahon and Andrew J. Polsky</span></span>
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<span><span>Conclusion: Shifting Currents: Dwight Eisenhower and the Dynamic of Presidential Opportunity Structure </span><span>Andrew J. Polsky</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter One: Reassessing and Reviving Eisenhower’s Governing Style </span><span>Kenneth E. Collier</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter Two: Leading as a True Conservative: Eisenhower, the GOP, and the Politics of Fiscal Responsibility </span><span>Geoffrey Kabaservice</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter Three: Closing Argument: The Verdict on Ike and Civil Rights </span><span>David A. Nichols</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter Four: The Eisenhower Transition: The Economics and Politics of Economic Policy </span></span>
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<span><span>M. Stephen Weatherford</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter Five: Pursuing the Parallel Track </span><span>Mark Shanahan</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter Six: Sputnik Moments: Science and Technology Policy from Eisenhower to Obama </span><span>Zuoyue Wang</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter Seven: Eisenhower’s “Strategic Hand”: Developing and Executing a Foreign Policy Vision </span><span>Meena Bose</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter Eight: We’re Not in Kansas Anymore: Eisenhower and U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East, 1953-1961 </span><span>Douglas Little</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter Nine: Eisenhower and the Military </span><span>Dale R. Herspring</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter Ten: Peace Dividends: Eisenhower and the Unbuilding of the American National Security State </span><span>Adam McMahon and Andrew J. Polsky</span></span>
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<span><span>Conclusion: Shifting Currents: Dwight Eisenhower and the Dynamic of Presidential Opportunity Structure </span><span>Andrew J. Polsky</span></span>
<span><span>Andrew Polsky </span><span>is Ruth and Harold Newman Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences at Hunter College of the City University of New York, and professor of political science at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, CUNY.</span></span>
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