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What Does The President Do?

author: Miller, Amanda
Simple text and photographs discuss the role of U.S. Presidents, covering their responsibility to sign laws into action, give speeches, meet with foreign leaders, lead the military, and more, and includes biographical facts about Barack Obama.
352.23
year: 2009
copies: 18
call number/section: 352.23
lexile: 450

Politics

author: Perkins, Anne
Presents an overview of major political issues and theories from fifty personalities who that helped to change and shape the world.
320
year: 2008
copies: 2
call number/section: 320
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subjects: political science, world politics, political leadership [X], kings and rulers

Profiles In Leadership

author: Isaacson, Walter
A collection of essays written by current historians discusses the components of great leadership and reflects upon why FDR was a more successful Depression-era leader than Hoover and why Grant was one of the best presidents in American history.
324.2
year: 2011
copies: 2
call number/section: 324.2
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A Thousand Hills

author: Kinzer, Stephen
Presents a detailed account of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and how Paul Kagame, leader of the rebel army, was able to bring it to an end; and traces Kagame's efforts to build a secret revolutionary army that overthrew the Rwandan government.
967.57
year: 2008
copies: 4
call number/section: 967.57
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subjects: kagam?, paul, presidents, political leadership [X], genocide, rwanda

Team Of Rivals

author: Goodwin, Doris Kearns
Presents an overview of the presidency of Abraham Lincoln, explaining the genius of his political savvy, and describes the context in which he assigned a cadre of his fiercest rivals as his closest cabinet advisors.
973.7
year: 2013
copies: 24
call number/section: 973.7
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America's Leaders

author: Wheeler, Jill C.
Discusses the leadership of George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and many other powerful political and military players following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
973.93
year: 2002
copies: 2
call number/section: 973.93
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Who Leads Our Country?

author: Gorman, Jacqueline Laks
Looks at some of the different jobs done by the president of the United States, and describes the work done by other government leaders, including members of Congress, governors, mayors, and judges.
320.47
year: 2008
copies: 8
call number/section: 320.47
lexile: 620
subjects: political leadership [X], united states

Abraham Lincoln

author: Colbert, David
Describes ten specific days in the life of Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States, and covers the day his mother died, his debate with Senator Stephen A.
920
year: 2009
copies: 12
call number/section: 920
lexile: 1110
subjects: lincoln, abraham, presidents, political leadership [X], united states

The American Presidency

author: Brinkley, Alan
Presents a collection of essays from a number of well-known historians that profiles each of the American presidents from George Washington to George W.
973.09
year: 2004
copies: 1
call number/section: 973.09
lexile:
subjects: presidents, political leadership [X], executive power, united states

Failures Of The Presidents

author: Craughwell, Thomas J.
Provides accounts of twenty cases in which U.S. presidents made bad decisions that altered the course of history, including Thomas Jefferson's Embargo Acts, Franklin Roosevelt's internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, and George W.
973.09
year: 2008
copies: 5
call number/section: 973.09
lexile:
subjects: presidents, political leadership [X], executive power, united states

Rise To Greatness

author: Von Drehle, Dave
Discusses Abraham Lincoln's role in American history during the year 1862.
973.7
year: 2012
copies: 3
call number/section: 973.7
lexile:
subjects: lincoln, abraham, political leadership [X], united states

Leaders

author: Hunt, Jilly
This book identifies politics as the way a country is run, records decisions of leaders during key events in history and how ethical these decisions have been, and examines how leaders have responded from World War II to the Global War on Terror.
909.82
year: 2013
copies: 2
call number/section: 909.82
lexile: 1060
subjects: political leadership [X], political corruption

The Top Ten Leaders That Changed The World

author: Ganeri, Anita
There are only a chosen few who rise above the rest to lead mankind.
920
year: 2010
copies: 3
call number/section: 920
lexile:
subjects: leadership, political leadership [X], social change, politicians, social reformers

Nixon Off The Record

author: Crowley, Monica
An exploration of the opinions of former president Richard Nixon, including his views on leadership, the presidents who preceeded and succeeded him in office, and his thoughts concerning the 1992 presidential election and upcoming 1996 campaign.
973.92
year: 1996
copies: 3
call number/section: 973.92
lexile:
subjects: nixon, richard m., presidents, political leadership [X], leadership, united states

Why Presidents Succeed

author: Simonton, Dean Keith
Provides an analysis of presidential performance from Washington to Reagan.
353.03
year: 1987
copies: 1
call number/section: 353.03
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subjects: presidents, political leadership [X], political psychology

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