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Partner to power : the secret world of presidents and their most trusted advisers

Title
Partner to power : the secret world of presidents and their most trusted advisers / K. Ward Cummings.
Author
Cummings, K. Ward, 1973-
Publication
Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2018.

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Description
272 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
"This revealing book examines the relationships between US presidents and their closest advisers from a psychological, personal, and professional point of view. The author, a Capitol Hill veteran, shows why such relationships are necessary, how presidents have employed them, how they have evolved over successive administrations, and why some believe they are not in the best interests of the nation. ... Whether their connection with presidents was close or strained, these 'partners to power' had an impact on some of history's most important moments and decisions."--Jacket flap.
Alternative Title
  • Secret world of presidents and their most trusted advisers
  • Presidents and their most trusted advisers
Subject
  • USA. President
  • Presidents > United States > Staff
  • Presidents > United States > Decision making
  • HISTORY > United States
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE > American Government > Executive Branch
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process
  • Politics and government
  • Presidents > Decision making
  • Presidents > Staff
  • Berater
  • United States > Politics and government
  • United States
Genre/Form
Nonfiction.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Author's note: How to read this book -- Introduction -- Prologue: William McKinley & George Cortelyou -- George Washington & Alexander Hamilton -- Abraham Lincoln & William Seward -- Woodrow Wilson & Edward House -- Franklin Roosevelt & Louis Howe -- Harry Truman & Clark Clifford -- Dwight Eisenhower & Sherman Adams -- Ronald Reagan & "The Troika" -- Bill Clinton & Hillary Rodham Clinton -- George W. Bush & Dick Cheney -- Epilogue: Reconsidering the vice president.
Call Number
JFE 19-4893
ISBN
  • 9781633883154
  • 1633883159
LCCN
2017032963
OCLC
987428237
Author
Cummings, K. Ward, 1973- author.
Title
Partner to power : the secret world of presidents and their most trusted advisers / K. Ward Cummings.
Publisher
Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2018.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Form:
Online version: Cummings, K. Ward, 1973- Partner to power. Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2018 9781633883161 (DLC) 2018017887
Research Call Number
JFE 19-4893
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