Leadership in turbulent times

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Label

Leadership in turbulent times

Statement of responsibility

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Creator

• Goodwin, Doris Kearns

Author

• Goodwin, Doris Kearns

Subject

• Character
• Character -- Case studies
• History
• Johnson, Lyndon B., (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
• Johnson, Lyndon B., (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
• Large type books
• Large type books
• Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
• Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
• Political culture
• Political culture -- United States -- History
• Political leadership
• Political leadership -- United States -- Case studies
• Politics and government
• Presidents
• Presidents -- United States
• Roosevelt, Franklin D., (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
• Roosevelt, Franklin D., (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
• Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
• Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
• United States
• United States -- Politics and government -- Case studies
• Case studies
• Case studies

Genre

• History
• Case studies

Language

eng

Summary

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

Member of

• Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

973.09/9

Index

no index present

LC call number

E176.1

LC item number

.G65 2018b

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction