The Presidents Club, Nancy Gibbs
The Presidents Club, Nancy Gibbs
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The Presidents Club
Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity

Author: Nancy Gibbs, Michael Duffy

Narrator: Bob Walter

Unabridged: 22 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/17/2012


Synopsis

The New York Times bestselling history of the private relationships among the last thirteen presidents—the partnerships, private deals, rescue missions, and rivalries of those select men who served as commander in chief.

The Presidents Club, established at Dwight Eisenhower’s inauguration by Harry Truman and Herbert Hoover, is a complicated place: its members are bound forever by the experience of the Oval Office and yet are eternal rivals for history’s favor. Among their secrets: How Jack Kennedy tried to blame Ike for the Bay of Pigs. How Ike quietly helped Reagan win his first race in 1966. How Richard Nixon conspired with Lyndon Johnson to get elected and then betrayed him. How Jerry Ford and Jimmy Carter turned a deep enmity into an alliance. The unspoken pact between a father and son named Bush. And the roots of the rivalry between Clinton and Barack Obama.

Time magazine editors and presidential historians Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy offer a new and revealing lens on the American presidency, exploring the club as a hidden instrument of power that has changed the course of history.

About Nancy Gibbs

Nancy Gibbs is the deputy managing editor of Time magazine and coauthor with Michael Duffy of the New York Times bestseller The Preacher and the Presidents: Billy Graham in the White House.

About Michael Duffy

Michael Duffy is Time’s executive editor and Washington bureau chief and directs coverage of presidents, politics, and national affairs for the magazine.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Dirck on March 03, 2013

First, this is a great book! Secondly, I feel personally entitled to recommend it. I covered the Presidency first for UPI, then Time Magazine from the Kennedy inaugural in 1960, through the end of the Clinton Presidency. As a photographer I saw them up close, through the lens of my camera, traveled man......more

Goodreads review by Marisa on June 16, 2012

When Bill Clinton defeated George W.H. Bush after only one term in office, the elder man was completely devastated. To say that he disliked the young upstart is an understatement. So it may come as a surprise that, as the years passed, these two men became the closest of friends. In fact, H.W. once......more

Goodreads review by Lewis on April 09, 2018

A marvelous overview of the interactions of previous and present Presidents beginning after WWII when Harry Truman asked Herbert Hoover for his assistance and Hoover willingly gave it. From that beginning, the interactions grew and all Presidents have participated, sometimes in surprising ways. Imag......more

Goodreads review by Audrey on June 23, 2012

Very much enjoyed the book. The most important thing I learned: No matter how much you think you know about politics and what is happening, you have no idea. This book was a great review of history, but it also was gossipy enough to give it another dimension. I also think the authors stuck to the ini......more

Goodreads review by Erwin on October 19, 2012

Sycophant. I've read a lot of autobiographical works by people who are quite proud of themselves, Jim Rogers, Ray Kroc and Sam Walton all come to mind. There's something nauseating about the author's infatuation with everyone who served as an American President, post WWII. The constant "but 'The Clu......more