Behind the scenes in American government
Subtitle: personalities and politics
By: [compiled by] Peter Woll.
Contributors: Woll, Peter, 1933-
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 361
Subjects: Politicians -- United States -- Addresses, essays, lectures; Statesmen -- United States -- Addresses, essays, lectures; United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Addresses, essays, lectures
Other titles: American government.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The boss / Mike Royko; title: Running / Elizabeth Drew; title: Winning / Marvella Bayh; title: Jerry Brown : the man on the white horse / J.D. Lorenz; title: Ronald Reagan : a political perspective / Lou Cannon; title: The powers that be / David Halberstam; title: Ralph Nader : a countervailing force / Thomas Whiteside; title: Jesse Jackson; title: "I am somebody!"; title: but who? / Clarence Page; title: The passionless Presidency / James Fallows; title: The White House staff; title: a personal account / George E. Reedy; title: My first day at the White House / John Dean; title: How Frost made Nixon sweat / David Frost; title: The journey to Peking / Henry Kissinger; title: Firing the general / Merle Miller; title: The Johnson system / Roland Evans and Robert Novak; title: Robert Byrd and Edward Kennedy : two stories of the Senate / Laurence Leamer; title: Personality and strife in the United States Senate : the great Alaska feud / Nicholas Lemann; title: Russell Long / Aaron Latham; title: The politician / Jimmy Breslin; title: The Brethren and the abortion decision / Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong; title: A case of emotional impact / Earl Warren; title: The king : J. Edgar Hoover / Sanford J. Ungar; title: The man who kept the secrets / Thomas Powers.