The author of the best-selling Passages and
Pathfinders, one of the most insightful and
provocative chroniclers of our times and lives,
has written a fascinating and wholly original
book. What is it that shapes character and
drives individuals to aspire to ultimate leader-
ship? Given the hair-trigger global village that
we all now inhabit, our ability to discern and
weigh the innermost nature of our leaders be-
fore they dominate our television screens and
take control of our fates has become crucial.
For this learning process, there could be no
finer guide than Gail Sheehy.
Here are George Bush obsessed with being
liked and avoiding confrontation; the gravely
war-wounded Bob Dole battling a dark side
that believes the breaks are against him; Mike
Dukakis, the wunderkind who remodeled him-
self in midlife; the coolly calculating son of
Dixie, Albert Gore; the self-destructive Gary
Hart; the surprisingly sweet-and-sour ingredi-
ents of Jesse Jackson; and Ronald Reagan in
twilight, where his nature as a dreamer and his
training as a performer are come to judgment.
In her pursuit, Gail Sheehy has developed a
narrative form far transcending the usual jour-
nalistic profile in length and depth. As she puts
it, "Readers should feel the same cold slap of
insight, awakening them from conventional
thinking, that I feel each time I study the char-
acter of a leader as it has developed." What
these men are made to reveal about them-
selves (and about ourselves as we peer into the
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