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Author:

McDermott, Rose, 1962-

Title:

Presidential leadership, illness, and decision making / Rose McDermott.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

x, 334 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Presidents--United States--Health.
Presidents--Succession--United States.
Presidents--United States--Decision making.
United States.--Executive Office of the President.
Disease--United States.
Famous Persons--United States.
Decision Making--United States.
Federal Government--United States.
History, 20th Century--United States.
Leadership--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Aging, illness and addiction -- The exacerbation of personality : Woodrow Wilson -- Leading while dying : Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1943-45 -- Addicted to power : John F. Kennedy -- Bordering on sanity : Richard Nixon -- The twenty-fifth amendment -- Presidential care.

ISBN:

0521709245 (pbk.)
9780521709248 (pbk.)
0521882729 (hardback)
9780521882729 (hardback)

LCCN:

2007011717

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

N3AX771 -- Drake Law School Library (Des Moines)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PYAX423 -- ECC - Osgood Library (Iowa Falls)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)