Bibliograph

The gatekeepers, how the White House Chiefs of Staff define every presidency, Chris Whipple

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The gatekeepers, how the White House Chiefs of Staff define every presidency, Chris Whipple

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-342) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The gatekeepers

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

953597729

Responsibility statement

Chris Whipple

Sub title

how the White House Chiefs of Staff define every presidency

Summary

Examines how the American presidency has hinged on the effectiveness of the White House chiefs of staff, drawing on interviews with all seventeen living chiefs of staff and two former presidents to reveal how their decisions have influenced the nation

Table Of Contents

Introduction: "I brought my pillow and my blankie" -- "The Lord High Executioner" : H.R. Haldeman and Richard Nixon -- "Beware the spokes of the wheel" : Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, and Gerald Ford -- "The smartest man in the room" : Hamilton Jordan, Jack Watson, and Jimmy Carter -- "One hell of a chief of staff " : James A. Baker III and Ronald Reagan -- "Don't hang up on the First Lady" : Donald Regan, Howard H. Baker Jr., Kenneth Duberstein, and Ronald Reagan -- "The prime minister" : John Sununu, Samuel Skinner, James A. Baker III, and George H.W. Bush -- "An iron fist in a velvet glove" : Thomas F. "Mack" McLarty, Leon Panetta, Erskine Bowles, John Podesta, and Bill Clinton -- "The decider" : Andrew Card, Joshua Bolten, and George W. Bush -- "Between bad and worse" : Rahm Emanuel, William Daley, Jacob Lew, Denis McDonough, and Barack Obama

Target audience

adult

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