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Why Presidents Fail and How They Can Succeed Again.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Brookings Institution Press, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (207 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780815727798
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Why Presidents Fail and How They Can Succeed AgainDDC classification:
  • 352.2360973
LOC classification:
  • JK585.K36 2016eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Front Cover -- Front Flap -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Contents -- The Crisis of Competence in the American Presidency -- Introduction: Presidential Failure -- Helicopters in the Desert -- Ignoring the Flashing Lights -- We Look Like a Third World Country -- Space Walks and Crashing Websites -- The Buck Doesn't Stop Here after All -- The Voter's Guide to Picking Presidents -- Notes -- Index -- Back Flap -- Back Cover.
Summary: " Kamarack argues that presidents today spent too much time talking, and not enough time governing. After decades of "imperial" and "rhetorical" presidencies, we are in need of a "managerial" president. In her fully readable and accessible book, she explains the difficulties of governing in our modern political landscape, and offers examples and recommendations of how our next president can not only recreate faith in leadership, but also run a competent, successful administration. ".
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Front Cover -- Front Flap -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Contents -- The Crisis of Competence in the American Presidency -- Introduction: Presidential Failure -- Helicopters in the Desert -- Ignoring the Flashing Lights -- We Look Like a Third World Country -- Space Walks and Crashing Websites -- The Buck Doesn't Stop Here after All -- The Voter's Guide to Picking Presidents -- Notes -- Index -- Back Flap -- Back Cover.

" Kamarack argues that presidents today spent too much time talking, and not enough time governing. After decades of "imperial" and "rhetorical" presidencies, we are in need of a "managerial" president. In her fully readable and accessible book, she explains the difficulties of governing in our modern political landscape, and offers examples and recommendations of how our next president can not only recreate faith in leadership, but also run a competent, successful administration. ".

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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