A provocative meditation on the commitments and deceptions of
leadership in the U.S.--Publishers WeeklyThis would make an
excellent textbook for a college-level class on leadership in
American politics.--ALA BooklistWe have too few books of this sort
today. . . . It merits the wide audience it seeks and alerts us to
the virtues of sometimes taking that audience to be one of fellow
citizens rather than fellow historians.--Robert B.
Westbrook, American Historical ReviewA most impressive work
[and] major contribution to the study of American
politics.--Michael A. Genovese, American Political Science
Review
Through a vivid and telling chronicle of nine emblematic public
figures, Bruce Miroff has produced a challenging new picture of the
American political tradition, warning us against our wish for
heroes and showing us how our finest statesmen have helped to
expand our democratic vistas. Every serious student of American
politics will want to read this book.--James Miller, New
School for Social Research and author of Democracy Is in the
StreetsPacked with telling anecdotes and insights, Icons of
Democracy offers analyses of diamond-like brilliance.--James
MacGregor Burns, author of Leadership
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