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The Presidents Club : : Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity

Gibbs, Nancy, 1960- Book - 2012 Adult Book / Nonfiction / Politics / Gibbs, Nancy, 973.92 Gi 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4.4 out of 5

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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."
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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good read submitted by unknown on October 22, 2012, 8:21pm OH how i wish that this book had been available when I studied modern American history- the book is a wonderful study of modern presidents and their relationships

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PUBLISHED
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: vii, 641 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781439127704
1439127700

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Duffy, Michael, 1958-

SUBJECTS
Presidents -- History.
Ex-presidents -- History.