The End of Greatness; Why America Can't Have (and Doesn't Want) Another Great President
New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. viii, Notes. Index. Author signed bookplate (American Israel Public Affairs Committee [AIPAC] 2014 National Rabbinic Symposium) on fep. Aaron David Miller (born March 25, 1949) is an American Middle East analyst, author, and negotiator. He is currently Vice President for New Initiatives at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and has been an advisor to both Republican and Democratic secretaries of state. He is currently a Global Affairs Analyst for CNN. Miller worked for the United States Department of State for 24 years (1978–2003). Between 1988 and 2003, Miller served six secretaries of state as an advisor on Arab-Israeli negotiations, where he participated in American efforts to broker agreements between Israel, Jordan, Syria, and the Palestinians. In January 2006, Miller joined the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington. In 2014, Miller published The End of Greatness: Why America Can't Have (and Doesn't Want) Another Great President." "The End of Greatness "explores the concept of greatness in the presidency and the ways in which it has become both essential and detrimental to America and the nation's politics. Miller argues that greatness in presidents is a much overrated virtue. Our preoccupation with greatness in the presidency consistently inflates our expectations, skews the debate over presidential performance, and drives presidents to misjudge their own times and capacity. And our focus on the individual misses the constraints of both the office and the times, distorting how Presidents actually lead. "The End of Greatness" takes a journey through presidential history, helping us understand how greatness in the presidency was achieved, why it's gone, and how we can better come to appreciate the presidents we have, rather than being consumed with the ones we want." Multiple references to Theodore Roosevelt in the index. Condition: Very good / Very good.
Keywords: Presidents, Greatness, Partisanship, Andrew Jackson, Ronald Reagan, Woodrow Wilson, Crisis Management, Capacity, Character, Leadership
ISBN: 9781137279002
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