Partner to power
Subtitle: the secret world of presidents and their most trusted advisers
By: K. Ward Cummings
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781633883154
Subjects: Politics and government; Presidents; Decision making; Staff
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Author's note: How to read this book; title: Introduction; title: Prologue: William McKinley & George Cortelyou; title: George Washington & Alexander Hamilton; title: Abraham Lincoln & William Seward; title: Woodrow Wilson & Edward House; title: Franklin Roosevelt & Louis Howe; title: Harry Truman & Clark Clifford; title: Dwight Eisenhower & Sherman Adams; title: Ronald Reagan & "The Troika"; title: Bill Clinton & Hillary Rodham Clinton; title: George W. Bush & Dick Cheney; title: Epilogue: Reconsidering the vice president.