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The Hidden-Hand Presidency: Eisenhower as Leader By Fred I. Greenstein Basic, 286 pp., $16.95

Professor Fred I. Greenstein of Princeton has written a deliberately circumscribed book, but the sharp focus serves its intellectual intensity. He does not here assess President Eisenhower’s policy objectives: He examines Eisenhower’s management of the institution of the Presidency. Machiavelli would have read The Hidden-Hand Presidency with total admiration.

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The Hidden-Hand Presidency: Eisenhower as Leader By Fred I. Greenstein Basic, 286 pp., $16.95

Professor Fred I. Greenstein of Princeton has written a deliberately circumscribed book, but the sharp focus serves its intellectual intensity. He does not here assess President Eisenhower’s policy objectives: He examines Eisenhower’s management of the institution of the Presidency. Machiavelli would have read The Hidden-Hand Presidency with total admiration.