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The man who ran Washington : the life and times of James A. Baker III

Title
The man who ran Washington : the life and times of James A. Baker III / Peter Baker and Susan Glasser.
Author
Baker, Peter, 1967-
Publication
  • New York : Doubleday, [2020]
  • ©2020

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Additional Authors
Glasser, Susan
Description
xxii, 694 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 25 cm
Summary
"Co-authored by the Chief White House correspondent at The New York Times and the Washington columnist at the The New Yorker, this is a biography any would-be power broker must own: the story of legendary White House chief of staff and secretary of state James A. Baker III, the man who ran Washington when Washington ran the world. In the latter half of the twentieth century, no Republican won the presidency without his help, and the men he counseled in the Oval Office--Gerald R. Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush--defined more than one generation of American life. Campaign manager, chief of staff, treasury secretary, and ultimately secretary of state, James A. Baker III understood better than anyone how to make Washington work and how to pull the levers of power at home and abroad. A suave and profane Texas Democrat, Baker worked as a wealthy Houston lawyer until his best friend, George H. W. Bush, drew him into Republican politics. His first dramatic win was in 1976 as the delegate hunter who secured the Republican nomination for Ford against a challenge from Ronald Reagan. His next job, as Bush's campaign manager four years later, maneuvered Bush onto the ticket with Reagan and Baker into the most powerful office in Washington other than the Oval Office: White House chief of staff. In his years in the White House and in the cabinet, Baker was the avatar of a style of politics and governance that valued pragmatism and deal making over purity. He went from win to win--reforming the tax code, negotiating the first Middle East peace talks, managing the dissolution of the Soviet Union--until his capstone victory, as field marshal for the younger Bush's Florida recount battle, helped divide the country forever. In today's era of gridlock, The Man Who Ran Washington is an electrifying escape"--
Alternative Title
Life and times of James A. Baker III
Subject
  • Baker, James Addison, 1930-
  • Since 1981
  • Statesmen > United States > Biography
  • Cabinet officers > United States > Biography
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political
  • HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch
  • Cabinet officers
  • Politics and government
  • Statesmen
  • United States > Politics and government > 1981-1989
  • United States > Politics and government > 1989-
  • United States
Genre/Form
Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 590-663) and index.
Contents
Prologue: The Velvet Hammer -- In the Magnolia City -- The warden's son -- God came today -- A long dark night -- Miracle man -- Out of the back room -- The asterisk club -- Troika -- Shit detector -- Big leagues -- The witches' brew -- The ratfuck -- The dark side -- Morning in America -- Fencing master -- Black Monday -- The handler -- Jigsaw puzzle -- Fly-fishing with Shevy -- The curtain falls -- Winners and losers -- Desert diplomacy -- Eyes of a killer -- In the souk -- A call to action -- The cruelest turn -- The virus -- Scorched earth -- Grave and deteriorating.
Call Number
JFE 21-6014
ISBN
  • 9780385540551
  • 0385540558
LCCN
2019038715
OCLC
1112904067
Author
Baker, Peter, 1967- author.
Title
The man who ran Washington : the life and times of James A. Baker III / Peter Baker and Susan Glasser.
Publisher
New York : Doubleday, [2020]
Copyright Date
©2020
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 590-663) and index.
Chronological Term
Since 1981
Added Author
Glasser, Susan, author.
Other Form:
Online version: Baker, Peter, 1967- Man who ran Washington First edition. New York : Doubleday, [2020] 9780385540568 (DLC) 2019038716
Research Call Number
JFE 21-6014
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