Breaking history : a White House memoir / Jared Kushner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kushner, Jared, 1981- author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States--Staff--Biography.

Presidents.

Presidents--United States--Family.

Families.

Politics and government.

Presidents--Staff.

Kushner, Jared, 1981-.

Kushner, Jared.

Trump, Donald, 1946---Family.

Trump, Donald.

Trump, Donald, 1946-.

United States--Politics and government--2017-2021.

United States.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Biography.

Physical Description:

xv, 492 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Broadside Books, [2022]

Summary:

"Few White House advisors have had such an expansive portfolio or constant access to the president. From his office next to Trump, senior adviser Jared Kushner operated quietly behind the scenes, preferring to leave the turf wars and television sparring to others. Now, Kushner finally tells his story--a fast-paced and surprisingly candid account of how an earnest businessman with no political ambitions found himself pulled into a presidency that no one saw coming. Breaking History takes readers inside debates in the Oval Office, double-crosses at the United Nations, tense meetings in Arab palaces, high-stakes negotiations, and the daily barrage of leaks, false allegations, investigations, and West Wing infighting"--Dust jacket flap.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Sentenced

2. Improbable Existence

3. Making It in Manhattan

4. "Everything Will Be Different"

5. An Unlikely Upset

6. "I Am Your Voice"

7. "We're Going to Win"

8. "I'll Never Get Used to This"

9. Learning on the Job

10. The World Is Watching

11. Riyadh to Rome

12. The Art of War

13. Great Expectations

14. Tear Up the Talking Points

15. Great Power Competition

16. Building Capital

17. Papier-Mache Wall

18. Fighting for the Forgotten

19. Top Secret

20. The Cost of Peace

21. A Step toward Justice

22. No Time for Triumph

23. "No One Gets Smarter by Talking"

24. USMCA

25. The Zombie Bill

26. Victory and Defeat

27. The Longest Shutdown

28. Eureka

29. A New Cliche

30. Exoneration

31. An Unexpected Visit

32. Mexican Standoff amid Peace Talks

33. Peace to Prosperity

34. The Demilitarized Zone

35. The Enemy from Within

36. Fight to Win

37. Hospital Negotiations

38. Soleimani

39. Bank Shot

40. Chaos and Peace

41. A Vision for Peace

42. The "Misunderstanding"

43. Battle at the United Nations

44. Code Red

45. Battle Rhythm

46. Project Airbridge

47. Life Support

48. On the Brink of Economic Collapse

49. Operation Warp Speed

50. Turmoil

51. Suicide Squeeze

52. The Call That Changed the World

53. First Flight

54. The Abraham Accords

55. From Walter Reed to Election Night

56. Landing Planes on an Aircraft Carrier

57. Pardons, Pfizer, and Peace

58. Reconciliation

59. Hourglass.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780063221482

0063221489

OCLC:

1319741976

Publisher Number:

99991411491