Every four years the American public goes to the polls in hopes of
electing a hero to the presidency, trying to find someone larger
than life. But heroes are hard to find and sometimes they turn out
to be villains. Senior presidential scholar Erwin Hargrove
recommends that we shift our sights to electing an effective
president instead, and here he shows us how to assess effective
presidencies. To address the central question of whether presidents
make a difference, Hargrove asks about the most important things
each president attempted. He finds that much of the time,
"eventful" leadership prevails, but that some presidents may be
judged to be "event-making" for good or ill. As George W. Bush has
demonstrated, event making leaders run great risks-sometimes
challenging the Constitution-even as they attempt greatness. By
contrast, effective presidents combine eventful leadership with a
modulated sense of personal ambition. Hargrove examines this
winning combination in light of historical context and a fine gauge
of personal skills and attributes. Reviewing eventful and
event-making presidencies of the last fifty years, Hargrove comes
down on the side of effectiveness over the special effects of
pyrotechnic presidencies like the current one.
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