The presidents club : inside the world's most exclusive fraternity / Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy.
Examines presidential power within the context of U.S. history and the ongoing relationships presidents and ex-presidents formed with one another.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
[2012], ©2012.
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| Edition: | First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
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| Physical Description: | vii, 641 pages 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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Inside the world's most exclusive fraternity. |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Truman and Hoover : the return of the exile
- Eisenhower and Truman : careful courtship, bitter breakup
- Kennedy and his club : the hazing
- Johnson and Eisenhower : blood brothers
- Nixon and Reagan : the California boys
- Johnson and Nixon : two scorpions in a bottle
- Nixon and Johnson : brotherhood and blackmail
- Nixon and Ford : mercy at all costs
- Ford and Reagan : the family feud
- Nixon, Ford, and Carter : three men and a funeral
- Reagan and Nixon : the exile returns
- Bush and Nixon : no good deed goes unpunished
- Bush and Carter : the missionary goes rogue
- Six presidents : the golden age of the club
- Bush and Clinton : the rascal and the rebel
- Bush and Bush : father and son
- Obama and his club : the learning curve.