Presidential Personality And Performance

by Alexander L George, Juliette L George

Overview

This book, which examines the leadership styles and decisionmaking practices of presidents from Woodrow Wilson to Bill Clinton, reflects the authors interest for over half a century in the impact of personality on the political behavior of our political leaders. Its contents range from the story of the Georges collaboration on their pioneering stud

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367284213
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/04/2019
Pages:	302
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Alexander L. George is professor emeritus of international relations at Stanford University. His extensive writings have won many awards, including the Bancroft Prize for Deterrence in American Foreign Policy: Theory and Practice (1974), coauthored with Richard Smoke; a five-year MacArthur Prize Fellowship; the 1997 National Academy of Sciences Award for Behavioral Research Relevant to the Prevention of Nuclear War; and the 1998 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science. From 1984 until her retirement in 1990, Juliette L. George was a senior scholar at the Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. She is a leading scholar on Woodrow Wilson.

Table of Contents

Foreword — Introduction: An Overview — The Psychoanalyst and the Biographer — Some Uses of Dynamic Psychology in Political Biography: Case Materials on Woodrow Wilson — Writing Psychobiography: Some Theoretical and Methodological Issues — Woodrow Wilson and Colonel House: A Reply to Weinstein, Anderson, and Link — Assessing Presidential Character — Presidential Management Styles and Models

Editorial Reviews

Examines the relevance of psychoanalytic theory and the use of other psychodynamic approaches to studying the impact of personality on political behavior and how US presidents manage their political office. Draws heavily on material from the team's 1956 psychobiography of Woodrow Wilson, and includes the first full-text publication of their reply to a critical review of it by historian Arthur S. Link. Also discusses methods of writing psychobiography and assessing presidential character. Paper edition (unseen), $25.00. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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