Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Appendixes -- Preface -- Introduction Linda O. Valenty and Ofer Feldman -- Part I Overview: Assessing Personality and Behavior Among American Leaders -- Chapter 1 The Qualitative Study of Presidential Personality Fred I. Greenstein -- Chapter 2 Political Leadership: Some Methodological Considerations Betty Glad -- Chapter 3 Motivation and Political Leadership David G. Winter -- Part II Quantitative Analysis: Contributions to the Study of Personality and Behavior -- Chapter 4 U. S. Presidents as Conflict Managers: The Operational Codes of George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton Mark Schafer, Michael D. Young, and Stephen G. Walker -- Chapter 5 Motive Imagery and Integrative Complexity: Bill Clinton, George Mitchell, and the Northern Ireland Peace Talks Linda O. Valenty and Mary E. Carroll -- Chapter 6 The Political Personality of U. S. President George W. Bush Aubrey Immelman -- Chapter 7 Assessments of America's Chief Executives: Insights from Biographers and Objective Personality Measures Steven J. Rubenzer, Thomas R. Faschingbauer, and Deniz S. Ones -- Part III Qualitative Analysis: Contributions to the Study of Personality and Behavior -- Chapter 8 Studying Images and Their Impact on Behavior: The Case of the Carter Administration Jerel Rosati -- Chapter 9 John F. Kennedy as Dramatic Leader Robert E. Gilbert -- Chapter 10 Cloak and Swagger: Personality and Leadership in the Vice Presidency of Spiro T. Agnew Scott W. Webster -- Chapter 11 Governing a Divided America in the New Millennium: Heroic versus Reflective Leadership Stanley A. Renshon -- References -- Index -- About the Editors and Contributors.