Games Presidents Play : Sports and the Presidency / John Sayle Watterson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Watterson, John Sayle, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--Sports--United States.

Presidents.

Sports and state--United States.

Sports and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (417 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sports, Watterson argues, open a window into the presidency, shedding new light on presidential behavior and offering new perspectives on the office and the sporting men--and women--who have and will occupy it.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Introduction

PART I. FOUNDATIONS

Chapter 1. In the Beginning

Chapter 2. The Sporting Frontier

Chapter 3. Barely Visible to Press and Public

PART II. THE MAN WHO CHANGED EVEYTHING

Chapter 4. Theodore Roosevelt: Climbing the Mountain

Chapter 5. Sports and the Presidency: The Founding Father

Chapter 6. Inside TR's Sporting Presidency

PART III. SPORTS: ACCEPTABLE BUT NOT REQUIRED

Chapter 7. William Howard Taft: A Large Legacy

Chapter 8. Woodrow Wilson: More than Just a Game

Chapter 9. Warren Harding: The Wager He Didn't Win

Chapter 10. Calvin Coolidge: Grace, under Pressure

Chapter 11. Herbert Hoover: No Place to Hide

Chapter 12. Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Politically and Physically Challenged

PART IV. FLIGHT FROM WASHINGTON

Chapter 13. Harry S Truman: Striding-and Flying-into History

Chapter 14. Dwight D. Eisenhower: Hero under Assault

Chapter 15. John F. Kennedy: Swimming into Politics

Chapter 16. Lyndon Johnson: The Games He Didn't Play

PART V. IN THE PUBLIC EYE

Chapter 17. Richard Nixon: Show Me a Good Loser . . .

Chapter 18. Gerald Ford: The Pigskin President

Chapter 19. Jimmy Carter: More than Meets the Eye

Chapter 20. Ronald Reagan: Creating a Sports Legend

Chapter 21. George H. W. Bush: TR Revisited

PART VI. NEW PLAYERS, OLD GAMES

Chapter 22. Bill Clinton: Oh, How He Played the Game

Chapter 23. George W. Bush: From Bush Leagues to the Majors

Conclusion

Appendix: Ranking the Presidents

Notes

Suggested Reading

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

V

W

Y.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-393) and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-8018-9229-5

OCLC:

646769562