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When Life Strikes the President - Scandal, Death, and Illness in the White House (Hardcover)
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When Life Strikes the President - Scandal, Death, and Illness in the White House (Hardcover)
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What happens when life, so to speak, strikes the President of the
United States? How do presidents and their families cope with
illness, personal loss, and scandal, and how have such personal
crises affected a president's ability to lead, shaped presidential
decision-making in critical moments, and perhaps even altered the
course of events? In asking such questions, the essays in this
volume - written by twelve leading scholars noted for their
expertise on their respective subjects - reveal alternately the
frailty, the humanity, and the strength of character of some of
America's most controversial presidents. Three of them deal with
the death of children-the impact of the loss of a young son on
Franklin Pierce, Abraham Lincoln, and Calvin Coolidge. Another
shows how, when his father suffered a stroke, John F. Kennedy lost
his most important adviser as the crisis in Cuba loomed. Three
essays tell stories about notorious, self-inflicted scandals during
the presidencies of Andrew Jackson, Richard Nixon, and Bill
Clinton. Several of them focus on the effects of disability or
illness in the Oval Office - on Woodrow Wilson's stroke at the end
of World War I; Franklin Roosevelt's paralysis while leading the
country through the Great Depression and World War II; Ronald
Reagan's struggles and changed priorities in the wake of an
assassination attempt; and the bearing of depression and
personality disorders of one kind or another on the actions
Jackson, John Tyler, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon during their
crucial years in office. While illuminating a considerable span of
American history and providing new and significant analyses of
American politics and foreign policy, these fascinating essays
remind us about the personal side of presidential leadership, and
that tomorrow is promised to no one.
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