04045nam 22007215 450 991046181190332120210520004238.00-520-94804-110.1525/9780520948044(CKB)2670000000208020(EBL)922943(OCoLC)794663708(SSID)ssj0000677803(PQKBManifestationID)11449736(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000677803(PQKBWorkID)10696613(PQKB)11055368(DE-B1597)519654(OCoLC)1110716135(DE-B1597)9780520948044(MiAaPQ)EBC922943(EXLCZ)99267000000020802020200424h20102010 fg 0engurun#---|u||utxtccrThe Heart of Power, With a New Preface Health and Politics in the Oval Office /David Blumenthal, James Morone2nd ed.Berkeley, CA :University of California Press,[2010]©20101 online resource (519 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-26809-1 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 --IndexEven 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 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.Federal GovernmentHistoryUnited StatesHealth PolicyHistoryUnited StatesLeadershipUnited StatesMedical policy -United StatesHistoryPolicy MakingUnited StatesPoliticsUnited StatesPresidentsUnited StatesHealthPublic Health PracticehistoryUnited StatesElectronic books.Federal GovernmentHealth PolicyLeadershipMedical policy -Policy MakingPoliticsPresidentsPublic Health Practice362.10973Blumenthal Davidauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1050103Morone Jamesauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autDE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910461811903321The Heart of Power, With a New Preface2491381UNINA