The man who ran Washington : the life and times of James A. Baker III /

Co-authored by the Chief White House correspondent at The New York Times and the Washington columnist at the The New Yorker, this is a biography any would-be power broker must own, the story of legendary White House chief of staff and secretary of state James A. Baker III, the man who ran Washington...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Baker, Peter, 1967- (Author), Glasser, Susan (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Doubleday, [2020]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Baker, James Addison, > 1930- Statesmen > United States > Biography. Cabinet officers > United States > Biography. United States > Politics and government > 1981-1989. United States > Politics and government > 1989- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political. HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch.

Table of Contents:

Prologue: The Velvet Hammer
In the Magnolia City
The warden's son
God came today
A long dark night
Miracle man
Out of the back room
The asterisk club
Troika
Shit detector
Big leagues
The witches' brew
The ratfuck
The dark side
Morning in America
Fencing master
Black Monday
The handler
Jigsaw puzzle
Fly-fishing with Shevy
The curtain falls
Winners and losers
Desert diplomacy
Eyes of a killer
In the souk
A call to action
The cruelest turn
The virus
Scorched earth
Grave and deteriorating.