03327cam a2200373 a 4500 16246 16246 16997496 AUA.1 20200212210259.0 111012s2012 nyua 000 0 eng 2011042047 9781439127704 (hbk.) 9781439148716 (ebook) 1439127700 (hbk.) (OCoLC)ocn741542754 DLC eng DLC IG# BTCTA YDXCP BDX UPZ JTH ABG VP@ DLC pcc n-us--- JK511 .G53 2012 973.92092/2 23 Gibbs, Nancy, 1960- The presidents club : inside the world's most exclusive fraternity / Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy. 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012. vii, 641 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 531-609). Truman and Hoover : the return of the exile. "I'm not big enough for this job" ; "Our exclusive trade union" -- Eisenhower and Truman : careful courtship, bitter breakup. :The news hounds are trying to drive a wedge between us" ; "The man is a congenital liar" -- Kennedy and his club : the hazing. "He had no idea of the complexity of the job" ; "The worse I do, the more popular I get" ; "How about coming in for a drink?" -- Johnson and Eisenhower : blood brothers. "The country is far more important than any of us" ; "I need your counsel, and I love you" -- Nixon and Reagan : the California boys. "You'll have my promise-- I'll speak no evil" -- Johnson and Nixon : two scorpions in a bottle. "This is treason" ; "I want to go; God take me" -- Nixon and Johnson : brotherhood and blackmail. "I want the break-in" -- Nixon and Ford : mercy at all costs. "I had to get the monkey off my back" -- Ford and Reagan : the family feud. "It burned the hell out of me" -- Nixon, Ford, and Carter : three men and a funeral. "Why don't we make it just Dick, Jimmy, and Jerry?" -- Reagan and Nixon : the exile returns. "I am yours to command" -- Bush and Nixon : no good deed goes unpunished. "I'm convinced-- he feels I'm soft" -- Bush and Carter : the missionary goes rogue. "I am a better ex-president that I was a president" -- Six presidents : the golden age of the club. "The guy knows how the game is played" ; "I'm sending Carter. You think it will be OK, don't you" ; "Bill, I think you have to admit that you lied" -- Bush and Clinton : the rascal and the rebel. "He's never forgiven me for beating his father" -- Bush and Bush : father and son. "I love you more than tongue can tell" ; "Tell 41 and 42 that 43 is hungry" -- Obama and his club : the learning curve. "We want you to succeed." Examines presidential power within the context of U.S. history and the ongoing relationships presidents and ex-presidents formed with one another. Presidents United States History. Ex-presidents United States History. Duffy, Michael, 1958- 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc DWBSLC JK 511 .G53 2012 0 0 lcc 0 0 DWBSLC AUA.1 AUA.1 SPEC 2016-09-15 Donation, Dr. D. Baker 25.00 AUA019513 JK 511 .G53 2012 AUA019513 2016-09-15 00:00:00 25.00 2016-09-15 DWBSLC