Xlibris Corporation, Date: 2000-11-13. 1. paperback. Used: Good. 2000. Xlibris Corporation ISBN 0738834580 9780738834580 [US]

Xlibris. Paperback. New. 8x5x1. Xlibris ISBN 0738834580 9780738834580 [US]

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ISBN10: 0738834580, ISBN13: 9780738834580, [publisher: Xlibris US] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - For a decade, Marlin Fitzwater was White House spokesman for Presidents Reagan and Bush, a remarkably long sojourn in that high pressure post. His longevity was a testament to the unique combination of talents he brought to the job. And his long tenure gave him unparalleled insight into the way the press and the presidency collide in today's Washington. CALL THE BRIEFING, Fitzwater's memoir of the Reagan/Bush years, is an insightful, richly detailed account of the world where that struggle takes place.Fitzwater is not merely the public face of the presidency. He was a major presence at meetings in the Cabinet Room, on Air Force One, at Santa Barbara and Kennebunkport, witnessing, participating in, and sometimes shaping the events of those years. From Iran/Contra through the U.S./Soviet Summits to Bush's difficult 1992 election campaign, Fitzwater shows us the pressures of political life at their most intense. In one chilling chapter he describes the potent political and personal forces that broke three White House chiefs of staff and resulted in their resignation. And he explores the sometimes macabre nature of the press's coverage of the president in the 'Death Watch,' which recounts how a president's smallest ailment has political implications that may be laughable, but are also grimly ...
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Xlibris Corporation, Date: 2000-11-13. 1. paperback. Used:Good. 2000. Xlibris Corporation ISBN 0738834580 9780738834580 [US]