Into the Convulsion of the World: All the King’s Men, Democratic Leadership, and Political Action

• In Event: Presidents, Leadership, and Populism

Brief Overview

While Willie Stark of Warren's All the King’s Men does pursue goals that he shares with his followers, he fails to uphold other crucial aspects of democratic leadership. To make this argument, I compare All the King’s Men to Ellison’s Invisible Man.

Author

• Brian Danoff, Miami University-Oxford