Easton Press James McGregor Burns books
Roosevelt - 2 volumes - Library of Presidents - 1985
Vol. 1 - The Lion and The Fox
Vol. 2 - The Soldier of Freedom
The Crosswinds of Freedom - signed first edition - 1989
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James McGregor Burns biography
Burns grew up in Burlington, Massachusetts where he attended grammar school at the Burlington Union School and attended Lexington High School in neighboring Lexington, Massachusetts, and graduated in 1935.
He received his bachelor's degree from Williams College in 1939 and his Ph.D. in political science from Harvard University in 1947 and also attended the London School of Economics.
Military service
During World War II, Burns served in the U.S. Army as a combat historian in the Pacific theater. He was awarded the Bronze Star and four Battle Stars. Throughout his military adventures, Burns noticed that when leadership was mentioned, it was in terms of the trains and qualities of officers, but not soldiers.
Academic career
He taught at Williams College for nearly forty years. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he is past president of the American Political Science Association and the International Society of Political Psychology. During the early 1990s, he taught classes at the University of Maryland, where the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership was given his name.
Political career
Burns was the Democratic nominee for the 1st Congressional District of Massachusetts in 1958 and was elected a delegate to four Democratic National Conventions. Burns advocated repeal of the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution to allow effective US presidents to serve three or more terms of office.
Death
He died in Williamstown, Massachusetts, on July 15, 2014, at 95.
James McGregor Burns books in order
Congress on Trial: The Legislative Process and the Administrative State (1949)
Government by the People (1952)
Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox (1956)
John Kennedy: A Political Profile (1960)
The Deadlock of Democracy: Four-Party Politics in America (1963)
Government by the People: The Dynamics of American National Government (1963)
Presidential Government: The Crucible of Leadership (1965)
Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom (1970)
Uncommon Sense (1972)
Edward Kennedy and the Camelot Legacy (1976)
Leadership (1978)
The Vineyard of Liberty (1982)
The Power to Lead: The Crisis of the American Presidency (1984)
The Workshop of Democracy (1985)
The Crosswinds of Freedom (1989)
Cobblestone Leadership: Majority Rule, Minority Power (1990)
A People's Charter: The Pursuit of Rights in America (with Stewart Burns - 1991)
The Democrats Must Lead: The Case for a Progressive Democratic Party (with William Crotty - 1992)
Dead Center: Clinton-Gore Leadership and the Perils of Moderation (with Georgia Jones Sorenson - 1999)
The Three Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who Transformed America (with Susan Dunn - 2001)
Transforming Leadership: A New Pursuit of Happiness (2003)
George Washington (with Susan Dunn - 2004)
Encyclopedia of Leadership (with Georgia Jones Sorenson and George R. Goethals - 2004)
Running Alone: Presidential Leadership – JFK to Bush II: Why It Has Failed and How We Can Fix It (2006)
Packing the Court: The Rise of Judicial Power and the Coming Crisis of the Supreme Court (2009)
Fire and Light: How the Enlightenment Transformed Our World (2013)
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