Prisoners of the White House : The Isolation of America's Presidents and the Crisis of Leadership

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910819540103321
• Autore: Walsh Kenneth T.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , [2015]; ©2013
• ISBN: 1-317-25347-7; 1-315-63258-6; 1-317-25346-9
• Edizione: [1st edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (265 p.)
• Disciplina: 352.230973
• Soggetti: Presidents - United States; Presidents - United States - Social life and customs; Political leadership - United States; United States Politics and government
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction Trapped in "The Bubble"; Part I Four Who Lost the People; Chapter One Lyndon B. Johnson From Outreach to Isolation; Chapter Two Richard Nixon In the Bunker; Chapter Three Jimmy Carter Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes; Chapter Four George H.W. Bush Missing the Obvious; Part II Two Defiant Princes; Chapter Five John F. Kennedy and George W. Bush Strange Bedfellows; Part III Five Who Stayed Connected; Chapter Six Franklin D. Roosevelt Reading the Nation's Pulse with Eleanor; Chapter Seven Harry Truman Connected to EverymanChapter Eight Ronald Reagan Middle-Class Roots; Chapter Nine Bill Clinton Escapes from Disaster; Chapter Ten Barack Obama Beyond the Beltway; Part IV From Wizards to Chicken Peddlers; Chapter Eleven The Wizards of the White House; Chapter Twelve Breaking Out of the Bubble; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: Prisoners of the White House looks at the isolation experienced by presidents of the United States in the White House, a habitat almost ; guaranteed to keep America's commander in chief far removed from everyday life. The authors look at how this is emerging as one of the most serious dilemmas facing the American presidency. As presidents have become more isolated, the role of the presidential pollster has grown. Ken Walsh has been given exclusive access to the polls and confidential memos received by presidents over the years, and has interviewed presidential pollsters directly to gain their unique perspective. Prisoners of the White House gets inside the bubble and punctures the mythology surrounding the presidency.