The Presidents Club
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The Presidents Club by Nancy Gibbs
Over the years that followed-and to this day-the presidents relied on, misunderstood, sabotaged, and formed alliances with one another that changed history. The world's most exclusive fraternity is a complicated place: its members are bound forever because they sat in the Oval Office and know its secrets, yet they are immortal rivals for history's favour. Some presidents needed their predecessors to keep their secrets; others needed them to disappear. Truman enlisted Hoover to help him save Europe; Kennedy turned to Ike on Cuba; Nixon sought Johnson's advice on getting re-elected, but then tried to blackmail him; Ford and Carter couldn't stand each other until they saw what they had in common; Reagan and Clinton relied on Nixon as an emissary to Russia; Bush put Clinton and his father to work and they became like father and son; and Obama and Clinton became quiet rivals for the same crown. ThePresidents Clubwill change the way we think about the presidency, for the club itself is an instrument of presidential power.
Nancy Gibbs is the former managing editor of Time magazine and coauthor of the New York Times bestseller The Preacher and the Presidents: Billy Graham in the White House.
Michael Duffy is a journalist and the opinions editor for The Washington Post.
Michael Duffy is a journalist and the opinions editor for The Washington Post.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781439127728 |
| ISBN 10 | 1439127727 |
| Title | The Presidents Club |
| Author | Nancy Gibbs |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Year published | 2013-03-28 |
| Number of pages | 656 |
| Prizes | Commended for Chautauqua Prize 2013 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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