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The presidents club : inside the world's most exclusive fraternity

Author: Nancy Gibbs; Michael Duffy
Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012.
Edition/Format:  Book : English : 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover edView all editions and formats
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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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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Nancy Gibbs; Michael Duffy
ISBN: 9781439127704 1439127700 1439148716 9781439148716
OCLC Number: 741542754
Description: vii, 641 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Truman 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."
Responsibility: Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy.

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The inside story of the world's most exclusive fraternity: how the 43 men who have been President have partnered with and sabotaged one another.  Read more...

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"A fabulous book . . . I absolutely love it." --Greta Van Susteren, FOX News

 
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