Bibliograph

Fight house, rivalries in the White House from Truman to Trump, Tevi Troy

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Fight house, rivalries in the White House from Truman to Trump, Tevi Troy

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Fight house

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1125130359

Responsibility statement

Tevi Troy

Sub title

rivalries in the White House from Truman to Trump

Summary

"President Trump's White House is famously tumultuous. But as presidential historian and former White House staffer Tevi Troy reminds us, bitter rivalries inside the White House are nothing new. From the presidencies of Harry S. Truman, when the modern White House staff took shape, to Donald Trump, the White House has been filled with ambitious people playing for the highest stakes and bearing bitter grudges" -- Goodreads.com

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

Target audience

adult

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