Leadership and Innovation

Jameson W. Doig is professor of politics and public affairs at Princeton University and coauthor of Men Who Govern and The Assistant Secretaries. Erwin C. Hargrove is professor of political science at Vanderbilt University. His books include Presidents, Politics, and Policy (with Michael Nelson).

• ForewordPrefacePreface to the First EditionChapter 1. "Leadership" and Political AnalysisPart I. Rhetorical LeadersChapter 2. David Lilienthal and the Tennessee Valley AuthorityChapter 3. Admiral Hyman Rickover: Technological Entrepreneaurship in the U.S. NavyChapter 4. To Claim the Seas and the Skies: Austin Tobin and the Port of New York AuthorityChapter 5. James Webb and the Uses of Administrative PowerPart II. Administrative EntrepreneursChapter 6. The Politics of Art: Nancy Hanks and the National Endowment for the ArtsChapter 7. Entrepreneurship in Public Management: Wilbur Cohen and Robert BallChapter 8. Robert McNamara: Success and FailureNotes on ContributorsIndex

Many of our high-ranking officials in public life have been as innovative and influential as those in the private sector. However, this book is no simple upbeat tract of inspired tales; it is a thoroughly researched, closely argued blend of theory and biography. -- David B. Sicilia Public Historian