Political leadership for the new century : personality and behavior among American leaders / edited by Linda O. Valenty and Ofer Feldman.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-258) and index.

The qualitative study of presidential personality / Fred I. Greenstein -- Political leadership: some methodological considerations / Betty Glad -- Motivation and political leadership / David Winter -- U.S. presidents as conflict managers: the operational codes of George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton / Mark Schafer, Michael D. Young, and Stephen G. Walker -- Motive imagery and integrative complexity: Bill Clinton, George Mitchell, and the Northern Ireland peace talks / Linda O. Valenty and Mary E. Carroll -- The political personality of U.S. president George W. Bush / Aubrey Immelman -- Assessments of America's chief executives: insights from biographers and objective personality measures / Steven J. Rubenzer, Thomas R. Faschingbauer, and Deniz S. Ones -- Studying images and their impact on behavior: the case of the Carter Administration / Jerel Rosati -- John F. Kennedy as dramatic leader / Robert E. Gilbert -- Cloak and swagger: personality and leadership in the vice presidency of Spiro T. Agnew / Scott W. Webster -- Governing a divided America in the new millennium: heroic versus reflective leadership / Stanley A. Renshon.