James MacGregor Burns: "Running Alone" (Basic Books)

James MacGregor Burns: "Running Alone" (Basic Books)

Historian James MacGregor Burns discusses trends in presidential leadership from JFK to George W. Bush, why it has failed, and how we can fix it.

Historian James MacGregor Burns discusses trends in presidential leadership from JFK to George W. Bush, why it has failed, and how we can fix it.

Guests

James MacGregor Burns

Professor of Government Emeritus at Williams College, a senior scholar at the Academy of Leadership at the University of Maryland, and author of Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winning biographies of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

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