ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book helps citizens and those who advise them cut through the confusion and get at some clear criteria for choosing Presidents. The book describes a President's personality is an important shaper of his Presidential behavior on nontrivial matters. It explains Presidential personality is patterned. His character, world view, and style fit together in a dynamic package understandable in psychological terms. The book also describes a President's personality interacts with the power situation he faces and the national "climate of expectations" dominant at the time he serves. It also explains a President's character, world view, and style is to see how they were put together in the first place. The book describes four types of Presidential Character: active-positive, active-negative, passive-positive, passive-negative.
