Prisoners of the White House: The Isolaton of America's Presidents and the Crisis of Leadership

Name: Prisoners of the White House: The Isolaton of America's Presidents and the Crisis of Leadership
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ISBN: 9781612051604

ISBN-10: 161205160X

ISBN-13: 9781612051604

Edition: 2013

Authors: Kenneth T. Walsh

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President Harry Truman famously called the White House the great white jail. One can scarcely imagine an environment outside the nation’s penal system that is more isolating than the Executive Mansion, a habitat almost guaranteed to keep America’s commander in chief far removed from everyday life. In fact, isolation is emerging as one of the most serious dilemmas facing the American presidency. In recent years, West Wing insiders have come up with a name for this syndrome. They call it the White House bubble. Life under these conditions is a basic theme of this book, along with ways out of it, including bus tours, pollsters, and an attentive first family. As presidents have become more…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Paradigm Pub
Binding: Cloth Text
Pages: 256
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction: Trapped in "The Bubble"



Four Who Lost the People



From Outreach to Isolation




In the Bunker




Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes




Missing the Obvious




Two Defiant Princes



Strange Bedfellows




Five Who Stayed Connected



Reading the Nation's Pulse with Eleanor




Connected to Everyman




Middle-Class Roots




Escapes from Disaster




Beyond the Beltway




From Wizards to Chicken Peddlers



The Wizards of the White House



Breaking Out of the Bubble


Notes


Bibliography


Index


About the Author