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- catalog abstract ""When Eisenhower left office more than twenty years ago, he was generally regarded as the very model of an ineffective president, a benign but politically indecisive leader who reigned but did not rule. Only now, five unsuccessful presidents and a disastrous war later, are we beginning to wonder how this seemingly bumbling and inarticulate man was able to get so much done while appearing to do so little. In The Hidden-Hand Presidency, Fred I. Greenstein, one of the country's leading political scientists, shows that behind Ike's bland 'statesmanlike' exterior there was a distinctive, self-consciously articulated style of leadership. Drawing on recently declassified confidential diaries, letters, and memoranda--including evidence of a secret Eisenhower campaign to terminate Joe McCarthy's political effectiveness--Greenstein shows us an intelligent and articulate leader who knew exactly what he wanted and was prepared to work hard to get it. Time and again, in the way he rallied subordinates and isolated political opponents, in his maneuvers to win support among both isolationalist right wingers and liberal Republicans, Eisenhower proved himself a skilled politician while self-consciously projecting an uncontroversial public image."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b648865.
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1953-1961.".
- catalog created "c1982.".
- catalog date "1982".
- catalog date "c1982.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1982.".
- catalog description ""When Eisenhower left office more than twenty years ago, he was generally regarded as the very model of an ineffective president, a benign but politically indecisive leader who reigned but did not rule. Only now, five unsuccessful presidents and a disastrous war later, are we beginning to wonder how this seemingly bumbling and inarticulate man was able to get so much done while appearing to do so little. In The Hidden-Hand Presidency, Fred I. Greenstein, one of the country's leading political scientists, shows that behind Ike's bland 'statesmanlike' exterior there was a distinctive, self-consciously articulated style of leadership. Drawing on recently declassified confidential diaries, letters, and memoranda--including evidence of a secret Eisenhower campaign to terminate Joe McCarthy's political effectiveness--Greenstein shows us an intelligent and articulate leader who knew exactly what he wanted and was prepared to work hard to get it. Time and again, in the way he rallied subordinates and isolated political opponents, in his maneuvers to win support among both isolationalist right wingers and liberal Republicans, Eisenhower proved himself a skilled politician while self-consciously projecting an uncontroversial public image."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction. An exemplary president? ; What manner of man? -- Eisenhower's leadership style. Political strategies ; The two faces of organization -- An assessment of the style and its uses. Strengths and weaknesses of the style : the Joe McCarthy case ; Lessons for other presidents.".
- catalog extent "x, 286 p., [8] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Hidden-hand presidency.".
- catalog identifier "0465029485".
- catalog isFormatOf "Hidden-hand presidency.".
- catalog issued "1982".
- catalog issued "c1982.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Basic Books,".
- catalog relation "Hidden-hand presidency.".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1953-1961.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "E836 .G73 1982".
- catalog subject "Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.".
- catalog subject "Leadership Case studies.".
- catalog subject "Political leadership United States Case studies.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction. An exemplary president? ; What manner of man? -- Eisenhower's leadership style. Political strategies ; The two faces of organization -- An assessment of the style and its uses. Strengths and weaknesses of the style : the Joe McCarthy case ; Lessons for other presidents.".
- catalog title "The hidden-hand presidency : Eisenhower as leader / Fred I. Greenstein.".
- catalog type "text".