LeadershipA Pulitzer Prize–winning historian examines transformational leaders from Moses to Machiavelli to Martin Luther King Jr. in this “impressive book” (The Washington Post). Historian and political scientist James MacGregor Burns has spent much of his career documenting the use and misuse of power by leaders throughout history. In this groundbreaking study, Burns examines the qualities that make certain leaders—in America and elsewhere—succeed as transformative figures. Through insightful anecdotes and historical analysis, Burns scrutinizes the charisma, vision, and persuasive power of individuals able to imbue followers with a common sense of purpose, from the founding fathers to FDR, Gandhi to Napoleon. Since its original publication in 1970, Leadership has set the standard for scholarship in the field. |
Contents
The Structure of Moral Leadership | |
The Psychological Matrix of Leadership | |
The Social Sources of Leadership | |
The Crucibles of Political Leadership | |
Ideas as Moral Power | |
Reform Leadership | |
Bargainers and Bureaucrats | |
Party Leadership | |
Party Leaders and Government Leaders | |
Power and Change | |
The Price of Consensus | |
Executive Leadership | |
Power and Purpose | |
The American President as Executive Leader | |
Revolutionary Leadership | |
Heroes and Ideologues | |
The Missing Piece of the Puzzle | |
THEORY AND PRACTICE | |
Toward a General Theory | |
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