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We have a crisis of leadership in America today. We are not electing the very best to public office, nor are the best willing to serve. As a nation, we have lowered our standards and expectations of those who run and their performance in office. Robert E. Denton, Jr.'s exceptional book explores moral presidential leadership, ultimately calling for a return to a 'heroic presidency.' Briefly surveying presidential character throughout our history, he gives an overview of the decline in trust of the government and offers possible reasons for this trend. Denton argues that personal character and integrity are essential and critical presidential traits. Focusing mainly on Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, he compares the scandal-filled terms of Clinton and Richard Nixon and looks at Bush vis-^-vis the elections, September 11, and the Iraq war. Denton addresses the myth of separating private from public behavior and shows how virtually everything presidents do or say influences their decisions and impacts citizens. Moral Leadership and the American Presidency is a must-read for anyone interested in the modern role of the president or in morality in American public life.
Robert E. Denton, Jr., is the W. Thomas Rice Chair and director for the Center for Leader Development at Virginia Tech.
Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 1 Presidential Character: Does It Really Matter?Chapter 3 2 The Diminished Presidency: Post-ClintonChapter 4 3 The American Presidency: The Job DescriptionChapter 5 4 The American Presidency and Moral LeadershipChapter 6 5 The Case of William Jefferson ClintonChapter 7 6 So, What About George W. Bush?Chapter 8 7 The Presidency, Moral Leadership, and a Government as Good as the American PeopleChapter 9 Selected Bibliography
Political scientists and political communication scholars sometimes forget that the messenger is just as important as the message. Bob Denton has written a thoughtful book, demonstrating that ethos and character matter and that moral presidential leadership is essential for a healthy republic and vibrant democracy. His work harkens back to a presidency that Franklin D. Roosevelt called 'preeminently a place for moral leadership.'
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