The Heart of Power, With a New Preface : Health and Politics in the Oval Office / David Blumenthal, James Morone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blumenthal, David, Author.

Morone, James, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Federal government--United States--History.

Federal government.

Medical policy.

Leadership--United States.

Leadership.

Policy sciences.

Politics--United States.

Politics.

Presidents.

Public Health Practice--history--United States.

Public Health Practice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (519 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2010]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Even the most powerful men in the world are human-they get sick, take dubious drugs, drink too much, contemplate suicide, fret about ailing parents, and bury people they love. Young Richard Nixon watched two brothers die of tuberculosis, even while doctors monitored a suspicious shadow on his own lungs. John Kennedy received last rites four times as an adult, and Lyndon Johnson suffered a "belly buster" of a heart attack. David Blumenthal and James A. Morone explore how modern presidents have wrestled with their own mortality-and how they have taken this most human experience to heart as they faced the difficult politics of health care. Drawing on a trove of newly released White House tapes, on extensive interviews with White House staff, and on dramatic archival material that has only recently come to light, The Heart of Power explores the hidden ways in which presidents shape our destinies through their own experiences. Taking a close look at Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George Herbert Walker Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush, the book shows what history can teach us as we confront the health care challenges of the twenty-first century.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface, 2010

2009 Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Chapter 2. Harry S. Truman

Chapter 3. Dwight D. Eisenhower

Chapter 4. John F. Kennedy

Chapter 5. Lyndon B. Johnson

Chapter 6. Richard Nixon

Chapter 7. Jimmy Carter

Chapter 8. Ronald Reagan

Chapter 9. George Herbert Walker Bush

Chapter 10. Bill Clinton

Chapter 11. George W. Bush

Conclusion

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780520948044

0520948041

OCLC:

794663708