All the presidents' spokesmen
Subtitle: spinning the news, White House press secretaries from Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W. Bush
By: Woody Klein ; forewords by Marlin Fitzwater and Dee Dee Myers.
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9780275990985
Subjects: Presidential press secretaries -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Anecdotes; Presidential press secretaries -- United States -- History -- 21st century -- Anecdotes; Presidential press secretaries -- United States -- Biography -- Anecdotes; Government and the press -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Anecdotes; Government and the press -- United States -- History -- 21st century -- Anecdotes; Public relations and politics -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Anecdotes; Public relations and politics -- United States -- History -- 21st century -- Anecdotes; United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945 -- Anecdotes; United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989 -- Anecdotes; United States -- Politics and government -- 1989- -- Anecdotes
Genres: Anecdotes.; Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-239) and index.
Table of contents: title: 'A date which will live in infamy' : 1941 (FDR); title: 'The death of a president' : 1945 (FDR); title: The end of World War II : 1945 (Harry S. Truman); title: The Korean War : 1950-1953 (Truman); title: The Vietnam War : 1964-1975 (Lyndon Johnson/Richard Nixon); title: "Mission accomplished" : 2003-2007 (George W. Bush); title: The hunt for WMDs : 2003-2005 (George W. Bush); title: The birth of the U.N. : 1945 (Harry S. Truman); title: Recognition of the State of Israel : 1948 (Harry S. Truman); title: The Bay of Pigs : 1961 (John F. Kennedy); title: The Cuban missile crisis : 1962 (John F. Kennedy); title: The Iran hostage crisis : 1979-1980 (Jimmy Carter/Ronald Reagan); title: 'Star Wars' : 1981 (Ronald Reagan); title: The Watergate affair : 1972-1974 (Richard M. Nixon); title: Pardoning Nixon : 1974 (Gerald R. Ford); title: The Iran-Contra Affair-1986-1989 (Ronald Reagan); title: Monicagate : 1998-1999 (Bill Clinton); title: School integration in Little Rock, Ark. : 1957 (Dwight D. Eisenhower); title: Kent State student protesters killed, 1970 (Richard M. Nixon); title: Air traffic controller's strike -1981 (Ronald Reagan); title: L.A. riots in Watts : 1992 (George H.W. Bush); title: September 11, 2001 (George W. Bush); title: Hurricane Katrina : 2005 (George W. Bush ); title: The Clarence Thomas controversy : 1991 (George H.W. Bush); title: The "No Child Left Behind Act" : 2001 (George W. Bush); title: Faith-based community initiative : 2002 (George W. Bush); title: Evolution vs. "intelligent design"; title: The energy "malaise" speech : 1979 (Jimmy Carter); title: "Reduce our dependence on foreign oil" : 2006 (George W. Bush); title: Action on global warming : 2007 (George W. Bush).