Top Leadership, U.S.A.

This book is based on a field study in which Hunter visited all cities of over a million population in the United States and many smaller cities interviewing the majority of a highly selected group of individuals regarded by their community peers as top national policymakers. The results is a book that lays bare the structure of national decisionmaking, showing how a distinct and recognizable group of men leads the American people.

Originally published in 1959.

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