The heart of power : health and politics in the Oval Office / David Blumenthal and James A. Morone.
Blumenthal, David, 1948-; Morone, James A., 1951-
2009
RA395.A3 B68 2009 (Mapit)
Available at General Collection

Items

Details

Title The heart of power : health and politics in the Oval Office / David Blumenthal and James A. Morone.
Author Blumenthal, David, 1948-
ISBN 9780520260306 (alk. paper)
0520260309 (alk. paper)
Publication Details Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.
Language English
Description x, 484 p., [18] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number RA395.A3 B68 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification 362.10973
Summary Explores 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author Morone, James A., 1951-
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > Books
All Resources
Franklin Delano Roosevelt : the enigmatic angler
Harry S. Truman : we'll take the starch out of them; eventually
Dwight D. Eisenhower : compassionate conservative
John F. Kennedy : the charismatic with a stricken father
Lyndon B. Johnson : the secret history of Medicare
Richard Nixon : a flower that bloomed only in the dark
Jimmy Carter : the righteous engineer
Ronald Reagan : socialized medicine and the working stiff
George Herbert Walker Bush : stick to the running game
Bill Clinton : kicking the can down the road
George W. Bush : bring it on : reforming Medicare.

Browse Subjects

Show more subjects...

Statistics

from
to
Export