Us Leadership in Political Time and Space - by J Johansson (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Spanning the history of American leadership, the book examines all facets of American thought leaders and innovators along with the models of ethics and courage they've provided for the American consciousness. From Thomas Paine to Rosa Parks, the book provides a multi-faceted approach to American leadership studies.

Review Quotes

"In US Leaders in Political Time and Space, Jon Johansson considers the nature of American political leadership. Happily, he avoids the temptation to focus on presidents. His twelve chosen leaders, not all of whom are household names, stand the scrutiny of examination. Epoch builders all of them, who helped to craft the American experiment. Johansson gives readers important insight into how new American epochs will be created in the 21st Century." --Alan Tidwell, Georgetown University, USA"Johansson has given us a selective and refreshing look at American leadership at various levels over a span of some two hundred years. His work deserves the full attention for all interested in America, past and present." --Hollis R. Lynch, Professor Emeritus of History, Columbia University, USA"A wonderful work, inspired in its choice of subjects: Tom Paine; Meriwether Lewis (of Lewis & Clark); Civil War Generals Sherman, Grant, and Lee; and Civil Rights heroes Jackie Robinson, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King. Written in the spirit of John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage, this is a book about grace under pressure, character, and leadership--qualities that the US and 'the whole cockeyed world' can certainly use a whole lot more of." --Stephen Levine, Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

In US Leaders in Political Time and Space, Jon Johansson considers the nature of American political leadership. Happily, he avoids the temptation to focus on presidents. His twelve chosen leaders, not all of whom are household names, stand the scrutiny of examination. Epoch builders all of them, who helped to craft the American experiment. Johansson gives readers important insight into how new American epochs will be created in the 21st Century. - Alan Tidwell, Georgetown University

About the Author

Jon Johansson is Senior Lecturer in the School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.