The nerve center
Subtitle: lessons in governing from the White House chiefs of staff
By: edited by Terry Sullivan ; foreword by James A. Baker, III.
Contributors: Sullivan, Terry
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: A Joseph V. Hughes, Jr., and Holly O. Hughes book in The presidency and leadership series ;; no. 19; Presidency and leadership ;; no. 19.
Publisher: Texas A & M University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
Subjects: United States. White House Office -- Officials and employees.; Presidents -- United States -- Staff.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
Description: "In this volume, resulting from the Washington Forum on the Role of the White House Chief of Staff held in 2000 in Washington, D.C., twelve of the fifteeen men who have held the office of chief of staff discuss among themselves and with a select group of participants the challenges, achievements, and failures of their time in that role. Their purpose is to find lessons in governing that will help future chiefs of staff prepare to assume the office and organize the staffs they will lead."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Members of the forum; title: Starting the White House; title: Refocusing the White House; title: Campaigning, routine, and closing out; title: In the governing community.