Humor in the White House: The Wit of Five American Presidents - Softcover

Sloane, Arthur A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786409495 ISBN 13: 9780786409495

Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc., 2001

Inhaltsangabe

"I heard one [presidential] candidate say that what this country needed was a president for the '90s," Ronald Reagan once said. "I was set to run again. I thought he said a president in his 90s." Abraham Lincoln, in one instance, was able to put a serious injury in a humorous light; in response to a young woman's question about where a soldier was wounded, Lincoln replied, "Ma'am, the bullet that wounded him would not have wounded you." Presidents often bring a sense of humor to the White House with them, allowing the American public to catch a glimpse of their not-so-serious sides. This book examines how five of the nation's funniest chief executives--Abraham Lincoln, Calvin Coolidge, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan--used wit and humor to their advantage during their terms as president, and how their management of the Executive Branch was thereby enhanced. As a bonus, the effective use of humor by several unsuccessful presidential candidates is surveyed.

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Arthur A. Sloane is a professor of management at the University of Delaware. He lives in Wilmington.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0786409495
• ISBN 13: 9780786409495
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 218
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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