Partner to power : the secret world of presidents and their most trusted advisers / K. Ward Cummings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cummings, K. Ward, 1973- author.

Contributor:

Charles D. Dickey, Jr., Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States--Staff.

Presidents.

Decision making.

United States.

Presidents--United States--Decision making.

United States--Politics and government.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

272 pages : portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2018.

Summary:

"This revealing book examines the relationships between US presidents and their closest advisers from a psychological, personal, and professional point of view. The author, a Capitol Hill veteran, shows why such relationships are necessary, how presidents have employed them, how they have evolved over successive administrations, and why some believe they are not in the best interests of the nation. . . . Whether their connection with presidents was close or strained, these 'partners to power' had an impact on some of history's most important moments and decisions."--Jacket flap.

Contents:

Author's note: How to read this book

Introduction

Prologue: William McKinley & George Cortelyou

George Washington & Alexander Hamilton

Abraham Lincoln & William Seward

Woodrow Wilson & Edward House

Franklin Roosevelt & Louis Howe

Harry Truman & Clark Clifford

Dwight Eisenhower & Sherman Adams

Ronald Reagan & "The Troika"

Bill Clinton & Hillary Rodham Clinton

George W. Bush & Dick Cheney

Epilogue: Reconsidering the vice president.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charles D. Dickey, Jr., Fund.

ISBN:

9781633883154

1633883159

OCLC:

987428237

Publisher Number:

99976083518