The strategic president : persuasion and opportunity in presidential leadership /

How do presidents lead? If presidential power is the power to persuade, why is there a lack of evidence of presidential persuasion? George Edwards, one of the leading scholars of the American presidency, skillfully uses this contradiction as a springboard to examine--and ultimately challenge--the do...

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Main Author: Edwards, George C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2009.
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