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020 _a9781439127704 (hbk.)
020 _z9781439148716 (ebook)
020 _a1439127700 (hbk.)
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100 1 _aGibbs, Nancy,
_d1960-
245 1 4 _aThe presidents club :
_binside the world's most exclusive fraternity /
_cNancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy.
250 _a1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bSimon & Schuster,
_c2012.
300 _avii, 641 p. :
_bill. ;
_c25 cm.
365 _b32.50 usd
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 531-609).
505 0 _aTruman and Hoover : the return of the exile. "I'm not big enough for this job" ; "Our exclusive trade union" -- Eisenhower and Truman : careful courtship, bitter breakup. :The news hounds are trying to drive a wedge between us" ; "The man is a congenital liar" -- Kennedy and his club : the hazing. "He had no idea of the complexity of the job" ; "The worse I do, the more popular I get" ; "How about coming in for a drink?" -- Johnson and Eisenhower : blood brothers. "The country is far more important than any of us" ; "I need your counsel, and I love you" -- Nixon and Reagan : the California boys. "You'll have my promise-- I'll speak no evil" -- Johnson and Nixon : two scorpions in a bottle. "This is treason" ; "I want to go; God take me" -- Nixon and Johnson : brotherhood and blackmail. "I want the break-in" -- Nixon and Ford : mercy at all costs. "I had to get the monkey off my back" -- Ford and Reagan : the family feud. "It burned the hell out of me" -- Nixon, Ford, and Carter : three men and a funeral. "Why don't we make it just Dick, Jimmy, and Jerry?" -- Reagan and Nixon : the exile returns. "I am yours to command" -- Bush and Nixon : no good deed goes unpunished. "I'm convinced-- he feels I'm soft" -- Bush and Carter : the missionary goes rogue. "I am a better ex-president that I was a president" -- Six presidents : the golden age of the club. "The guy knows how the game is played" ; "I'm sending Carter. You think it will be OK, don't you" ; "Bill, I think you have to admit that you lied" -- Bush and Clinton : the rascal and the rebel. "He's never forgiven me for beating his father" -- Bush and Bush : father and son. "I love you more than tongue can tell" ; "Tell 41 and 42 that 43 is hungry" -- Obama and his club : the learning curve. "We want you to succeed."
520 _aExamines presidential power within the context of U.S. history and the ongoing relationships presidents and ex-presidents formed with one another.
650 0 _aPresidents
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aEx-presidents
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
653 _aისტორია
653 _aამერიკის შეერთებული შტატები
653 _aპრეზიდენტები
700 1 _aDuffy, Michael,
_d1958-
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