Inside: A Public and Private Life
by By Califano, Joseph A.
Category: Biography & Autobiography , Political

Joe Califano grew up in a tight-knit working class family in Depression-era Brooklyn.   His parents instilled in their son a work ethic, sense of self, and devotion to   Church that stayed with him as he rose through the ranks of America's ruling class.   From Jesuit undergraduate schools to Harvard Law, influential law firms, Robert   McNamara's Pentagon, Lyndon Johnson's White House, and Jimmy Carter's Cabinet,   Califano was hard charging, effective, and committed to his causes—whether   that meant reforming the military, working for equal rights for all, his struggle   to be a committed Catholic in America, or finally his passion to combat addictions   that ruin so many American lives.    The book is called Inside, and that's where it takes us—inside   his public and private life—as Califano worked in the power centers of three   Democratic administrations. He shows us how hardball is often necessary to make   government serve its people. Califano remained "inside" even out of   government, representing the Washington Post and Democratic Party during   Watergate.    Inside is history, memoir, and a profoundly revealing personal drama of a powerful figure involved in many defining events of the last half century. It is a tale of how ambition, tenacity and courage, guided by deeply felt ethics, can move the world, from the inside.