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Praise for the first edition: With this brilliant work, Skowronek scans the centuries to illuminate the dynamics that have made some presidents the master of political time--and others its victim. --Ron Brownstein, Los Angeles Times national affairs columnist Brief, accessible, and captivating, this is an important contribution to our understanding of presidential leadership in American politics. --Political Science Quarterly Shows us the presidency in a whole new light. -- Bruce L. Miroff, author of Presidents on Political Ground: Leaders in Action and What They Face A brilliant, provocative reading of presidential history that sparkles with originality and insight. --Richard Ellis, author of Founding the American Presidency

Praise for the first edition: ""With this brilliant work, Skowronek scans the centuries to illuminate the dynamics that have made some presidents the master of political time - and others its victim."" - Ron Brownstein, Los Angeles Times national affairs columnist ""Brief, accessible, and captivating, this is an important contribution to our understanding of presidential leadership in American politics."" - Political Science Quarterly ""Shows us the presidency in a whole new light."" - Bruce L. Miroff, author of Presidents on Political Ground: Leaders in Action and What They Face ""A brilliant, provocative reading of presidential history that sparkles with originality and insight."" - Richard Ellis, author of Founding the American Presidency

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Stephen Skowronek is Pelatiah Perit Professor of Political Science at Yale University. In addition to The Politics Presidents Make - winner of the J. David Greenstone Prize and the Richard E. Neustadt Prize - he is author of Building a New American State and coauthor with Karen Orren of The Search for American Political Development and The Policy State: An American Predicament.

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