The gatekeepers : how the White House Chiefs of Staff define every presidency

Whipple, Chris (Christopher C.) (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 0804138249
ISBN: 9780804138246
Physical Description: 365 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Crown, [2017]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-342) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: "I brought my pillow and my blankie" -- "The Lord High Executioner" : H.R. Haldeman and Richard Nixon -- "Beware the spokes of the wheel" : Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, and Gerald Ford -- "The smartest man in the room" : Hamilton Jordan, Jack Watson, and Jimmy Carter -- "One hell of a chief of staff " : James A. Baker III and Ronald Reagan -- "Don't hang up on the First Lady" : Donald Regan, Howard H. Baker Jr., Kenneth Duberstein, and Ronald Reagan -- "The prime minister" : John Sununu, Samuel Skinner, James A. Baker III, and George H.W. Bush -- "An iron fist in a velvet glove" : Thomas F. "Mack" McLarty, Leon Panetta, Erskine Bowles, John Podesta, and Bill Clinton -- "The decider" : Andrew Card, Joshua Bolten, and George W. Bush -- "Between bad and worse" : Rahm Emanuel, William Daley, Jacob Lew, Denis McDonough, and Barack Obama.