An Overlooked Theory on Presidential Politics

A little-discussed theory of the American presidency has had startling, if unnoticed, success as a crystal ball. Stephen Skowronek, a chaired professor at Yale, is the author of The Politics Presidents Make: Leadership From John Adams to Bill Clinton (Harvard University Press, 1997), which is a revision of his 1993 book with the same main title but a slightly different subtitle, Leadership From John Adams to George Bush. The books have foretold such major events as Bill Clinton's impeachment

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