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The book goes beyond traditional political figures to include "surprising" examples, such as:

A pugnacious baseball manager whose leadership was rooted in clubhouse psychology. Profiles in leadership : historians on the elus...

As seen in comparisons like Hoover vs. FDR, the book argues that high-level talent is often less important than the ability to be flexible and pragmatic under pressure. The book goes beyond traditional political figures to

A "sixth sense" for identifying what is genuinely important versus merely diversionary. which became a defining leadership trait.

Evan Thomas deconstructs Robert F. Kennedy, suggesting that his personal insecurities actually fueled a deep empathy for the downtrodden, which became a defining leadership trait.