 | The President and His Inner Circle: Leadership Style and the Advisory Process in Foreign Policy Making Subjects: United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945–1989 -- Case studies; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989 -- Case studies; Presidents -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Presidents -- United States -- Staff -- History -- 20th century; United St; Using M. G. Hermann's Personality Assessment-at-a-Distance (PAD) profiling technique as well as exhaustive archival research and interviews with former advisers, the author develops a leadership style typology. He then compares his model's expectations against the actual policy record, using six foreign policy episodes. Thomas Preston is assistant professor of international relations in the Department of Political Science at Washington State University. |
