Author: Burns, James MacGregor
Publication year: c1965.
Language: English
Call Number JK516 .B86 1965 ; JK516 .B79 1965
Media class: Book
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin;Cambridge : Riverside Press
Notes:
Includes Preface: The Third model : a personal preface by author.
Extent: xvii, 366 p. ; 22 cm.
Description: Part 1. The Presidency in history. The Hamiltonian model -- The rise of presidential government -- The view toward the White House -- Part 2. Presidential government today. The central decision makers -- The presidential politicians -- Collective leadership -- Part 3. The testing of presidential government. -- The presidency and the national purpose -- The embattled presidency -- The crucible of leadership.