Review: Leadership: In Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Title: Leadership: In Turbulent Times
Author: Doris Kearns Goodwin
Publisher: Simon Schuster
Publication Date: September 18, 2018
Edition: ebook (496 pages)
Genres:

• Nonfiction
• Biography
• History
• Politics
• Presidents

My Rating: 5 of 5 stars

Doris Kearns Goodwin, presidential historian and author, profiles four United States Presidents in terms of their leadership qualities. She has written extensively about these men: Abraham Lincoln; Theodore Roosevelt; Franklin Roosevelt; and Lyndon Johnson. She examines each one with respect to the leadership qualities they brought to the office of President of the United States, during turbulent times.

Having read some of her other books, I found this one as instructive, interesting and informative as the others. Perhaps more so because of the political environment and partisanship the United States is experiencing currently. As I read, I found myself totally engaged with the lives and struggles of each President, their difficult choices, and the strengths and weaknesses each one brought to the office.

I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in leadership qualities. What makes a leader? What leaders must do to lead? Those questions aside, the book is an interesting read simply from a historical perspective. It's a book I shall revisit again.