{"product_id":"on-statesmanship","title":"On Statesmanship","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eOn Statesmanship\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eSteven B. Smith\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780300281743\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eYale University Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2026\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e320\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat true statecraft consists of, and how to know a statesman when we see one\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the modern world we yearn for great leaders but resist them when they come along. In this much-needed essay, Steven B. Smith tells us that a statesman is something far different from a demagogue or a technocrat; he or she incorporates many qualities of leadership--persuasiveness, courage, foresight, judgment--to take people where they need to go while hardly seeming to lead them at all. A true statesman is focused not on amassing power but on finding the best way to use power toward responsible ends. Above all else, Smith argues, the statesman is an educator who, through language and argument, helps shape a people's civic understanding. This book is a timely reminder of a set of qualities we desperately need in our political leaders but have forgotten how to talk about.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"On Statesmanship | Steven B. Smith | Hardcover | 9780300281743 | New | Politics 1785377","offer_id":67726273511576,"sku":"1785377","price":32.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/41xVqTSML_L.jpg?v=1792080419","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/on-statesmanship","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}