A generation bids farewell : the saga of the modern American presidency -- Democracy and empire : lessons in leadership from Napoleon to Lincoln -- The first democracy : Pericles, Athens and the challenge of freedom.
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Evaluates the role of leadership in American life, drawing on such examples as the democratic governance of Periclean Athens and the founding fathers' views of statesmanship, in an account that raises questions about key contenders in the 2008 presidential campaign.