4. John F. Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Understanding the Mosaic of Presidential Personality and Leadership Styles 1
5. 1. Presidential Personality and Leadership Style 5
6. 2. Harry S. Truman and the Korean War 32
7. 3. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Dien Bien Phu 64
8. 4. John F. Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis 97
9. 5. Lyndon Johnson and the Partial Bombing Halt in Vietnam, 1967–1968 137
10. 6. George Bush and the Gulf War 190
11. 7. “A Bridge to the Twenty-first Century”: The Leadership Style of Bill Clinton 219
12. 8. Presidential Personality and the Grand Mosaic of Leadership 251
13. Notes 269
14. Bibliography 313
15. Index 335
16. Backmatter 349