James MacGregor Burns (1918–2014)
Auteur de Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom, 1940-1945
A propos de l'auteur
James MacGregor Burns was born in Melrose, Massachusetts on August 3, 1918. After graduating from Williams College, he went to Washington and worked as a congressional aide. During World War II, he served as an Army combat historian in the Pacific and received a Bronze Star. He received a Ph.D. afficher plus from Harvard University. He did postdoctoral work at the London School of Economics. He taught at Williams College. His first book, Congress on Trial: The Legislative Process and the Administrative State, was published in 1949. After his second book, Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox, he ran for Congress in 1958 and lost. During the campaign he became acquainted with John F. Kennedy and received unrestricted access to Kennedy, his staff and his records. This resulted in the book John Kennedy: A Political Profile. His other works included The Deadlock of Democracy, The Power to Lead: The Crisis of the American Presidency, and Fire and Light: How the Enlightenment Transformed Our World. Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom won the Pulitzer Prize, the Parkman Prize, and the National Book Award. The first volume of The American Experiment also received a Pulitzer Prize. He died on July 15, 2014 at the age of 95. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Séries
Œuvres de James MacGregor Burns
Packing the Court: the Rise of Judicial Power and the Coming Crisis of the Supreme Court (2009) 118 exemplaires
Running Alone: Presidential Leadership from JFK to Bush II -- Why It Has Failed and How We Can Fix It (2006) 30 exemplaires
To heal and to build; the programs of Lyndon B. Johnson (1968) — Directeur de publication — 19 exemplaires
Dialogues in Americanism: the Presidency, the Supreme Court, the Congress (1964) — Contributeur — 8 exemplaires
To Heal And To Build..The Programs Of President Lyndon B. Johnson...SIGNED COPY! (1968) 2 exemplaires
Encyclopedia of leadership 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
A World of Ideas : Conversations With Thoughtful Men and Women About American Life Today and the Ideas Shaping Our… (1989) — Interviewee — 549 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1918-08-03
- Date de décès
- 2014-07-15
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Melrose, Massachusetts, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA
- Études
- Harvard University (PhD | 1947 | Government)
Williams College (AB|1939)
London School of Economics - Professions
- political scientist
university professor - Organisations
- James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership
University of Maryland, College Park
American Political Science Association
International Society of Political Psychology
Williams College - Prix et distinctions
- Bronze Star
4 Battle Stars (World War II)
Pulitzer Prize [1971]
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Award (2010)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 37
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 3,246
- Popularité
- #7,875
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 27
- ISBN
- 199
- Langues
- 4
- Favoris
- 3