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Chargement... Second Acts: Presidential Lives and Legacies After the White Housepar Mark K. Updegrove
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. 4245 Second Acts Presidential Lives and Legacies After the White House, by Mark K. Updegrove (read 15 Dec 2006) This is a well-done account of the post-presidential years of Truman, Eisenhower, LBJ, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Bush 41, and Clinton, and it was a joy to read. The author does a very good job telling of the events of the time after each was president. He is generally favorable to each, though he tells of the bad as well as the good. But in general one feels kindly toward each man after reading the account of his time after he was president. Just good reading and a very enjoyable book. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote, "There are no second acts in American lives", but more and more, our former presidents are proving him wrong. No longer fading into the background upon leaving the highest office in the land, ex-presidents perform valuable services as elder statesmen and international emissaries - and by pursuing their own agendas. From Eisenhower taking Kennedy to the woodshed (literally) on the Bay of Pigs crisis, to Carter earning the Nobel Peace Prize, to Bush Sr. and Clinton joining forces in an unlikely partnership for tsunami and Hurricane Katrina relief, the author examines the increasingly important roles that former presidents assume in our nation and throughout the world. Through interviews with former presidents, first ladies, family members, friends, and staffers, the author also delves into the very human stories that play out as the modern ex-presidents - from Truman to Clinton - adjust to life after the White House and attempt to shape their historical legacies. In this, the first narrative history of the modern post-presidency, Mark K. Updegrove makes a refreshingly unique contribution to literature on the American presidents. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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