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The presidents club : inside the world's most exclusive fraternity / Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012.Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover edDescription: vii, 641 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 1439127700 (hbk.)
  • 9781439127704 (hbk.)
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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.
Summary: 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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The bestselling authors of The Preacher and the Presidents return with a riveting new history of the private relationships among the last thirteen presidents, uncovering and exploring the partnerships, private deals, rescue missions, and rivalries of those few men who served as commander in chief.

The Presidents Club, established at Dwight Eisenhower's inauguration by Harry Truman and Herbert Hoover, is a complicated place: its members are bound forever by the experience of the Oval Office and yet are eternal rivals for history's favor. Among their secrets: How Jack Kennedy tried to blame Ike for the Bay of Pigs. How Ike quietly helped Reagan win his first race in 1966. How Richard Nixon conspired with Lyndon Johnson to get elected and then betrayed him. How Jerry Ford and Jimmy Carter turned a deep enmity into an alliance. The unspoken pact between a father and son named Bush. And the roots of the rivalry between Clinton and Barack Obama.

Time magazine editors and presidential historians Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy offer a new and revealing lens on the American presidency, exploring the club as a hidden instrument of power that has changed the course of history.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 531-609).

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.

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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