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Autore |
Blumenthal David |
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Titolo |
The Heart of Power, With a New Preface : Health and Politics in the Oval Office / / David Blumenthal, James Morone |
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Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2010] |
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©2010 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (519 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Federal Government |
Health Policy |
Leadership |
Medical policy - |
Policy Making |
Politics |
Presidents |
Public Health Practice |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Preface, 2010 -- 2009 Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Franklin Delano Roosevelt -- Chapter 2. Harry S. Truman -- Chapter 3. Dwight D. Eisenhower -- Chapter 4. John F. Kennedy -- Chapter 5. Lyndon B. Johnson -- Chapter 6. Richard Nixon -- Chapter 7. Jimmy Carter -- Chapter 8. Ronald Reagan -- Chapter 9. George Herbert Walker Bush -- Chapter 10. Bill Clinton -- Chapter 11. George W. Bush -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index |
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Even the most powerful men in the world are human-they get sick, take dubious drugs, drink too much, contemplate suicide, fret about ailing parents, and bury people they love. Young Richard Nixon watched two brothers die of tuberculosis, even while doctors monitored a suspicious shadow on his own lungs. John Kennedy received last rites four times |
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as an adult, and Lyndon Johnson suffered a "belly buster" of a heart attack. David Blumenthal and James A. Morone explore how modern presidents have wrestled with their own mortality-and how they have taken this most human experience to heart as they faced the difficult politics of health care. Drawing on a trove of newly released White House tapes, on extensive interviews with White House staff, and on dramatic archival material that has only recently come to light, The Heart of Power explores the hidden ways in which presidents shape our destinies through their own experiences. Taking a close look at Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George Herbert Walker Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush, the book shows what history can teach us as we confront the health care challenges of the twenty-first century. |
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