Playing president
Subtitle: my close encounters with Nixon, Carter, Bush I, Reagan, and Clinton : and how they did not prepare me for George W. Bush
By: by Robert Scheer
Contributors: Vidal, Gore, 1925-
Publisher: Truthdig; Akashic Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Los Angeles; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9781933354019
Subjects: Politics and government; Presidents; Interviews; Präsident; USA
Other titles: Playing president
Description: Robert Scheer's interviews with and profiles of U.S. presidents have shaped journalism history. Scheer developed close journalistic relationships with several presidents, and his reporting on them had a tangible impact on national debate. In Playing President, Robert Scheer offers insight into the presidential mind. He analyzes each administration since Nixon, and including George W. Bush, offers insights that will surprise the reader, particularly those with rigid preconceptions about the decision-making processes of our leaders. .
Table of contents: title: Foreword, by Gore Vidal; title: Author's introduction; title: Richard Nixon's frozen smile; title: Jimmy Carter's lustful heart; title: Ronald Reagan's obscure complexity; title: George H.W. Bush's entitlement cool; title: Bill Clinton's rascal component; title: George W. Bush's perpetual adolescence.