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Inventing the job of president: leadership style from George Washington to Andrew Jackson

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List of Illustrations ix Chapter 1: The Presidential Difference in the Early Republic 1 Chapter 2: The Foundational Presidency of George Washington 9 Chapter 3: John Adams: Absentee Chief Executive 25 Chapter 4: Thomas Jefferson and the Art of Governance 35 Chapter 5: The Anticlimactic Presidency of James Madison 51 Chapter 6: The Political Competence of James Monroe 63 Chapter 7: The Political Incompetence of John Quincy Adams 75 Chapter 8: Andrew Jackson: Force of Nature 85 Chapter 9: Presidents, Leadership Qualities, and Political Development 96 Appendix Background on the Early Presidencies 105 Notes 123 Further Reading 137 Acknowledgments 151 Index 153

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Key concepts: Presidency, Presidential system, George (robot), Politics, Management, Political science, History, Law