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245 0 0 _aProfiles in leadership :
_bhistorians on the elusive quality of greatness /
_cEdited by Walter Isaacson
260 _aNew York, N.Y. :
_bW.W. Norton & Co,
_c2011
300 _a331 p. :
_bill., ports. ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncluye índice
505 0 _aIntroduction / Walter Isaacson -- George Washington, the general / Thomas Fleming -- Charles Finney, prophet of social reform / Frances FitzGerald -- President Ulysses S. Grant and the battle for equality / Sean Wilentz -- J. Pierpont Morgan : he knew he was right / Jean Strouse -- Chief Joseph and the challenge of Indian leadership / Elliott West -- When presidents become weak / Robert Dallek -- The phenomenon of W. E. B. DuBois / Annette Gordon-Reed -- Mr. McGraw / Kevin Baker -- Two approaches to leadership / Alan Brinkley -- The qualities of leadership : Dwight D. Eisenhower as warrior and president / David M. Kennedy -- The implausible Wendell Willkie : leadership ahead of its time / David Levering Lewis -- "Am I a 'screwball', or am I a pioneer?" : Pauli Murray's Civil Rights movement / Glenda Gilmore -- Robert Kennedy, the empathetic leader / Evan Thomas.
650 0 _aLeadership
_zUnited States
_vCase studies.
650 0 _aPolitical leadership
_zUnited States
_vCase studies.
650 0 _aPolitical activists
_zUnited States
_vCase studies.
650 0 _aSocial reformers
_zUnited States
_vCase studies.
650 0 _aBusinessmen
_zUnited States
_vCase studies.
700 1 _aIsaacson, Walter,
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