Inside the White House

Based on interviews with White House employees, past and present, this book ranges from the occult matter of W.H./Presidential financing to the personal lives of presidents and their families from FDR to the Clintons. Thus its point is twofold: first, that the whole operation is vastly (too) expensi......more

I'm not proud of having read this book. It's like a disorganized mass of bad things the author heard about presidents. The last two chapters are slightly cohesive because they focus just on Clinton, whom the author obviously can't stand. But, because it's all hearsay, it's really hard to distinguish......more

An entertaining read despite being two decades old now! The only issue with it being old is that dollar amounts are given, and precise procedures disclosed which would be out of date. For instance, at the time of authorship (94) operating the White House was a $billion+ endeavor. The true value of t......more

What does the other face look like when you see modern presidents behind closed doors? From Kennedy through the first two years of Clinton, this book is an excellent means of finding out. This was my first Kessler book. One should not expect thorough accounts, not the elaborate detail Caro devoted t......more