Richard E NeustadtPresidential Power and the Modern Presidents
The Politics of Leadership from Roosevelt to Reagan
Richard E. Neustadt is Douglas Dillon Professor of Government Emeritus at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. For three decades an advisor to presidents, their aides, and to members of the cabinet, he is also the author with Ernest R. May of Thinking in Time: The Uses of History for Decision Makers (The Free Press, 1986).
Contents
Preface to the 1990 Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Acknowledgments, 1990
PART ONE: Presidential Power
1 Leader or Clerk?
2 Three Cases of Command
3 The Power to Persuade
4 Professional Reputation
5 Public Prestige
6 Two Matters of Choice
7 Men in Office
8 The Sixties Come Next
PART TWO: Later Reflections
9 Appraising a President
10 Reappraising Power
11 Hazards of Transition
12 A Matter of Detail
13 Two Cases of Self-Help
Notes
Index
