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Fight house : rivalries in the White House from Truman to Trump /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Troy, Tevi, 1967- (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Regnery History, an imprint of Regnery Publishing, [2020]
Subjects:
Presidents > United States > Staff > History.
Presidents > Professional relationships > United States > History.
United States > Politics and government.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Truman and Ike: The White House staff emerges, and conflicts follow
  • John F. Kennedy: passion for anonymity on the White House staff? not so much
  • LBJ: Johnson's Kennedy obsession continues
  • Nixon: Kissinger-Rogers and the dangerous quest for White House control
  • Gerald Ford: defined by rivalry: Robert Hartmann versus Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney
  • Jimmy Carter: overlearning the lessons of his predecessors
  • Rivalries under Reagan: Baker versus Meese, and Regan versus Nancy
  • George H. W. Bush: Darman and Sununu versus all
  • The Clinton administration: semi-controlled chaos
  • George W. Bush: domestic calm, national security turmoil
  • Barack Obama: conflict in the era of "no drama Obama"
  • Conclusion: the lessons of fighting at the highest level
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix one: the infighting scorecard
  • Appendix two: White House nicknames
  • Notes
  • Index.