The Heart of Power, With a New Preface : Health and Politics in the Oval Office / / David Blumenthal, James Morone |
Autore | Blumenthal David |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2010] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (519 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.10973 |
Soggetto topico |
Federal Government
Health Policy Leadership Medical policy - Policy Making Politics Presidents Public Health Practice |
Soggetto non controllato |
american history
american presidents anxiety bush carter chronic illness clinton depression disability disease drugs eisenhower fdr george hw bush government grief health care health policy healthcare heart attack history illness kennedy legislature loss lyndon johnson medicine mental health mental illness modern presidents mortality nixon nonfiction paralysis polio politics presidents public health public policy reagan roosevelt social issues suicide trauma truman tuberculosis white house |
ISBN | 0-520-94804-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790304003321 |
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The road to 9/11 [[electronic resource] ] : wealth, empire, and the future of America / / Peter Dale Scott |
Autore | Scott Peter Dale |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (445 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.931 |
Soggetto topico |
Transparency in government - United States
Privacy, Right of - United States War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 - Political aspects September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 - Political aspects Democracy - United States Elite (Social sciences) - United States National security - United States Political corruption - United States - History - 20th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
9/11
al qaeda american history assassination cia crime criminal cultural studies democracy democratic state disaster domestic drug war foreign policy kennedy nixon political politics presidents punishment social history social studies southeast asia terrorism terrorist united states foreign policy united states history united states presidents us history war on drugs wartime world war 2. wwii |
ISBN |
1-282-35709-3
9786612357091 0-520-92994-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface. The America We Knew and Loved: Can It Be Saved? -- 1. Introduction: Wealth, Empire, Cabals, and the Public State -- 2. Nixon, Kissinger, and the Decline of the Public State -- 3. The Pivotal Presidency: Ford, Rumsfeld, and Cheney -- 4. Brzezinski, Oil, and Afghanistan -- 5. Carter's Surrender to the Rockefellers on Iran -- 6. Casey, the Republican Counter surprise, and the Bank of Credit and Commerce International, 1980 -- 7. Afghanistan and the Origins of al Qaeda -- 8. The Al-Kifah Center, al Qaeda, and the U.S. Government, 1988-98 -- 9. The Pre-9/11 Cover-up of Ali Mohamed and al Qaeda -- 10. Al Qaeda and the U.S. Establishment -- 11. Parallel Structures and Plans for Continuity of Government -- 12. The 9/11 Commission Report and Vice President Cheney -- 13. The 9/11 Commission Report's and Cheney's Deceptions about 9/11 -- 14. Cheney, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Continuity of Government -- 15. Conclusion: 9/11 and the Future of America -- Glossary of Open Politics -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Altri titoli varianti | Road to nine eleven |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778475303321 |
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