"A provocative meditation on the commitments and deceptions of
leadership in the U.S."--Publishers Weekly"This would make an
excellent textbook for a college-level class on leadership in
American politics."--ALA Booklist"We 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 Review"A 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
Streets"Packed with telling anecdotes and insights, Icons of
Democracy offers analyses of diamond-like brilliance."--James
MacGregor Burns, author of Leadership
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