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They will not be identical unless by chance: human prediction about other humans is not good enough. Why that is sometimes hard for readers inexperienced in government to see, I cannot tell (xvi).

Richard E. Neustadt

They will not be identical unless by chance: human prediction about other humans is not good enough. Why that is sometimes hard for readers inexperienced in government to see, I cannot tell (xvi).

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For reasons I find hard to fathom, readers with government [Harvard?] experience follow my argument more easily that do some of those for whom it remains theoretical. (xv)

Richard E. Neustadt

For reasons I find hard to fathom, readers with government [Harvard?] experience follow my argument more easily that do some of those for whom it remains theoretical. (xv)

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About Author
Richard Elliott Neustadt (June 26, 1919 – October 31, 2003) was an American political scientist specializing in the United States presidency. He served as adviser to several presidents. His book Presidential Power has been described as "one of the most influential books ever written about political leadership." Thinking In Time: The Uses Of History For Decision Makers won the Grawemeyer Award. His other books include Alliance Politics, Preparing to be President, and, with Harvey V. Fineberg, The Swine Flu Affair: Decision-Making on a Slippery Disease.

In all such instances of which I am aware, the Presidents do not think hard enough, carefully enough beforehand, about foreseeable, even likely consequences to their own effectiveness in office, looki...

Richard E. Neustadt

In all such instances of which I am aware, the Presidents do not think hard enough, carefully enough beforehand, about foreseeable, even likely consequences to their own effectiveness in office, looki...

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Power I defined as personal influence of an effective sort on governmental action.

Richard E. Neustadt

Power I defined as personal influence of an effective sort on governmental action.

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The United States was no longer the overwhelming military power in the world, no longer sure of never losing wars. no longer confident of having learned how to maintain employment and to check inflati...

Richard E. Neustadt

The United States was no longer the overwhelming military power in the world, no longer sure of never losing wars. no longer confident of having learned how to maintain employment and to check inflati...

Tags: government, president, presidential power, trump, trump resistance movement

Weakness is still what I see: weakness in the sense of a great gap between what is expected of a man (or someday woman) and assured capacity to carry through. Expectations arise and clerkly tasks incr...

Richard E. Neustadt

Weakness is still what I see: weakness in the sense of a great gap between what is expected of a man (or someday woman) and assured capacity to carry through. Expectations arise and clerkly tasks incr...

Tags: government, president, presidential power, trump, trump resistance movement