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Prisoners of the White House : the isolation of America's presidents and the crisis of leadership / by Kenneth T. Walsh.

Walsh, Kenneth T. (Author).

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  • ISBN: 9781612051604
  • Physical Description: xii, 244 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Boulder : Paradigm Publishers, [2013]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-233) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Part I Four Who Lost the People -- Chapter 1 From Outreach to Isolation / Lyndon B. Johnson Johnson, Lyndon B. 17 -- Chapter 2 In the Bunker / Richard Nixon Nixon, Richard 33 -- Chapter 3 Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes / Jimmy Carter Carter, Jimmy 45 -- Chapter 4 Missing the Obvious / George H.W. Bush Bush, George H.W. 53 -- Part II Two Defiant Princes -- Chapter 5 Strange Bedfellows / John F. Kennedy Kennedy, John F., George W. Bush Bush, George W. 65 -- Part III Five Who Stayed Connected -- Chapter 6 Reading the Nation's Pulse with Eleanor / Franklin D. Roosevelt Roosevelt, Franklin D. 83 -- Chapter 7 Connected to Everyman / Harry Truman Truman, Harry 97 -- Chapter 8 Middle-Class Roots / Ronald Reagan Reagan, Ronald 107 -- Chapter 9 Escapes from Disaster / Bill Clinton Clinton, Bill 125 -- Chapter 10 Beyond the Beltway / Barack Obama Obama, Barack 143 -- Part IV From Wizards to Chicken Peddlers -- Chapter 11 Wizards of the White House 167 -- Chapter 12 Breaking Out of the Bubble 203.
Subject: White House (Washington, D.C.)
Presidents > United States.
Presidents > United States > Social life and customs.
Political leadership > United States.
United States > Politics and government.

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