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Many of our high-ranking officials in public life have been as innovative and influential as those in the private sector. However, this book is no simple upbeat tract of inspired tales; it is a thoroughly researched, closely argued blend of theory and biography.
Book Details
Foreword
Preface
Preface to the First Edition
Chapter 1. "Leadership" and Political Analysis
Part I. Rhetorical Leaders
Chapter 2. David Lilienthal and the Tennessee Valley Authority
Chapter 3. Admiral
Foreword
Preface
Preface to the First Edition
Chapter 1. "Leadership" and Political Analysis
Part I. Rhetorical Leaders
Chapter 2. David Lilienthal and the Tennessee Valley Authority
Chapter 3. Admiral Hyman Rickover: Technological Entrepreneaurship in the U.S. Navy
Chapter 4. To Claim the Seas and the Skies: Austin Tobin and the Port of New York Authority
Chapter 5. James Webb and the Uses of Administrative Power
Part II. Administrative Entrepreneurs
Chapter 6. The Politics of Art: Nancy Hanks and the National Endowment for the Arts
Chapter 7. Entrepreneurship in Public Management: Wilbur Cohen and Robert Ball
Chapter 8. Robert McNamara: Success and Failure
Notes on Contributors
Index