but he attributes Johnson's determination and success in Congress to the love of the people for Kennedy and their desire to have those programs institutionalized.
Bernstein notes that the 1960s called for a more vital and active leader than had been required in the 1950s. We might look back and inaccurately judge Dwight Eisenhower as a weak leader in comparison to more active Presidents, but Bernstein warns against this. In assessing Kennedy as leader, we must note that in part he was precisely the sort of leader needed in the 1960s. In that sense, his "style" was very important and not merely a cosmetic or superficial element of his leadership.
As Bernstein notes, Kennedy himself re
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