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Library Journal12/01/2013 Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner Burns (Woodrow Wilson Professor of Political Science Emeritus, Williams Coll.; Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom) is one of the most respected scholars of American history. One reads his books expecting them to be well researched and compellingly written; this latest title, published when Burns was 95, is no exception. There's little new in it, but the way he brings events and ideas together supports his long-held views on the transactional nature of leadership: how ideas and valuesEnlightenment values of human worth and empowermentmotivated both leaders and followers to achieve commonly held ends. Burns focuses on England, France, and the fledgling United States and on the period between the early 1600s and the first decades of the 19th century.
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James MacGregor Burns (1918-2014) was a bestselling American historian and political scientist whose work has earned both the National Book Award and a Pulitzer Prize. Born in Boston, he earned his BA at Williams College, where he returned to teach history and political science after obtaining his PhD at Harvard and serving in World War II. He served as the Woodrow Wilson Professor of Government Emeritus at Williams College and as Distinguished Leadership Scholar at the University of Maryland until his death in 2014.
