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isbrilliant, significantly strengthenedandenlarged"- Washington Post CHARD ENEUSTADT SIDENTIAL POWER D MODERN THE PRESIDENTS *** *»* JU ~\ m~f\ < • H POLITICS OF LEADERSHIP ROOSEVELT TO REAGAN ™ . Presidential Power and the Modern Presidents Power Presidential and the Modern Presidents The Politics ofLeadership from Roosevelt to Reagan RICHARD NEUSTADT E. m THE FREE PRESS New York London Toronto Sydney Tokyo Singapore Copyright© 1990 by Richard E. Neustadt Copyright© 1980 by MacmillanPublishing Company Copyright© 1960 byJohnWiley & Sons,Inc. All rights reserved. No pan ofthis book may be reproduced or transmit- ted in any formorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical, includingpho- tocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, withoutpermissioninwritingfromthePublisher. The Free Press ADivision ofSimon & SchusterInc. 1230 AvenueoftheAmericas New York, N.Y. 10020 FirstFreePress Paperback Edition 1991 Printed intheUnited States ofAmerica printingnumber 13 15 17 19 20 18 16 14 12 LibraryofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Neustadt,RichardE. Presidentialpowerand themodernpresidents: thepoliticsofleadership fromRoosevelttoReagan/Richard E. Neustadt. p. cm. Rev. ed. of: PresidentialPower. cl980. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN0-02-922796-8 1. Presidents-United States. 2. Executivepower-United States. 3. UnitedStates-Politicsandgovernment—1945- I. Neustadt,RichardE. Presidentialpower. II. Title. JK516.N4 1990 90-37725 353.03'2—dc20 CIP To Bert and Roger Contents Preface to the 1990 Edition IX Preface to the First Edition XX Acknowledgments, 1990 XXV part one: Presidential Power v 1 Leader or Clerk? 3 2 Three Cases ofCommand 10 Cy The Power to Persuade 29 4 Professional Reputation 50 5 Public Prestige 73 (Jp'Two Matters ofChoice 91 (2p Men in Office 128 8 The Sixties Come Next 152 part two: Later Reflections 9 Appraising a President 167 10 Reappraising Power 183 11 Hazards ofTransition 230 A 12 Matter ofDetail 269 13 Two Cases ofSelf-Help 295 Notes 319 Index 363 Vtl

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