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Title

All the presidents' spokesmen : spinning the news, White House press secretaries from Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W. Bush / Woody Klein ; forewords by Marlin Fitzwater and Dee Dee Myers.

Author

Klein, Woody, 1929-

Publication

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008.

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Description

xxiii, 249 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 25 cm

Subject

• Presidential press secretaries > United States > History > 20th century > Anecdotes
• Presidential press secretaries > United States > History > 21st century > Anecdotes
• Presidential press secretaries > United States > Anecdotes
• Government and the press > United States > History > 20th century > Anecdotes
• Government and the press > United States > History > 21st century > Anecdotes
• Public relations and politics > United States > History > 20th century > Anecdotes
• Public relations and politics > United States > History > 21st century > Anecdotes
• United States > Politics and government > 1933-1945 > Anecdotes
• United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989 > Anecdotes
• United States > Politics and government > 1989- > Anecdotes

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-239) and index.

Contents

'A date which will live in infamy' : 1941 (FDR) -- 'The death of a president' : 1945 (FDR) -- The end of World War II : 1945 (Harry S. Truman) -- The Korean War : 1950-1953 (Truman) -- The Vietnam War : 1964-1975 (Lyndon Johnson/Richard Nixon) -- "Mission accomplished" : 2003-2007 (George W. Bush) -- The hunt for WMDs : 2003-2005 (George W. Bush) -- The birth of the U.N. : 1945 (Harry S. Truman) -- Recognition of the State of Israel : 1948 (Harry S. Truman) -- The Bay of Pigs : 1961 (John F. Kennedy) -- The Cuban missile crisis : 1962 (John F. Kennedy) -- The Iran hostage crisis : 1979-1980 (Jimmy Carter/Ronald Reagan) -- 'Star Wars' : 1981 (Ronald Reagan) -- The Watergate affair : 1972-1974 (Richard M. Nixon) -- Pardoning Nixon : 1974 (Gerald R. Ford) -- The Iran-Contra Affair-1986-1989 (Ronald Reagan) -- Monicagate : 1998-1999 (Bill Clinton) -- School integration in Little Rock, Ark. : 1957 (Dwight D. Eisenhower) -- Kent State student protesters killed, 1970 (Richard M. Nixon) -- Air traffic controller's strike -1981 (Ronald Reagan) -- L.A. riots in Watts : 1992 (George H.W. Bush) -- September 11, 2001 (George W. Bush) -- Hurricane Katrina : 2005 (George W. Bush ) -- The Clarence Thomas controversy : 1991 (George H.W. Bush) -- The "No Child Left Behind Act" : 2001 (George W. Bush) -- Faith-based community initiative : 2002 (George W. Bush) -- Evolution vs. "intelligent design" -- The energy "malaise" speech : 1979 (Jimmy Carter) -- "Reduce our dependence on foreign oil" : 2006 (George W. Bush) -- Action on global warming : 2007 (George W. Bush).

ISBN

• 9780275990985 (alk. paper)
• 0275990982 (alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2007043762
• 40015332244

OCLC

• ocn179829714
• 179829714
• SCSB-5401086

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries