The Presidential Character: Predicting Performance in the White House
- ISBN-10
- 0136989861
- ISBN-13
- 9780136989868
- Series
- The Presidential Character
- Pages
- 582
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1985
- Publisher
- Prentice-Hall
- Author
- James David Barber
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- 1992
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