Leadership, Lessons from the Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson for Turbulent Times

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Part three: The leader and the times: how they led (9. Transformational leadership: Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation ; 10. Crisis management: Theodore Roosevelt and thecoal strike ; 11. Turnaround leadership: Franklin Roosevelt and the Hundred Days ; 12. Visionary leadership: Lyndon Johnson and civil rights) -- Epilogue: Of death and remembrance.;Part two: Adversity and growth (5. Abraham Lincoln: 'I must die or be better' ; 6. Theoore Roosevelt: 'The light has gone out of my life' ; 7. Franklin Roosevelt: 'Above all, try something' ; 8. Lyndon Johnson: 'The most miserable period of my life');"Ae leadesr born or made? Where does ambition come from? How does adversity affect the growth of leadership? Does the man make the times or do the times make the man? [Here], Goodwin draws upon four of the [Presidents] she has studied - Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson - to show how they first recognized leadership qualities in themselves, and were recognized as leaders by others. By looking back to their first entry into public life, when their paths were filled with confusion, hope, and fear, we can share their struggles and follow their development into leaders."--Back cover.;Foreword -- Part one: Ambition and the recognition of leadership (1. Abraham: 'Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition' ; 2. Theodore: 'I rose like a rocket' ; 3. Franklin: 'No, call me Franklin' ; 4. Lyndon: 'A steam engine in pants') Foreword -- Part one: Ambition and the recognition of leadership (1. Abraham: 'Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition' 2. Theodore: 'I rose like a rocket' 3. Franklin: 'No, call me Franklin' 4. Lyndon: 'A steam engine in pants') Part two: Adversity and growth (5. Abraham Lincoln: 'I must die or be better' 6. Theoore Roosevelt: 'The light has gone out of my life' 7. Franklin Roosevelt: 'Above all, try something' 8. Lyndon Johnson: 'The most miserable period of my life') Part three: The leader and the times: how they led (9. Transformational leadership: Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation 10. Crisis management: Theodore Roosevelt and thecoal strike 11. Turnaround leadership: Franklin Roosevelt and the Hundred Days 12. Visionary leadership: Lyndon Johnson and civil rights) -- Epilogue: Of death and remembrance.