The Presidents Club
Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity

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

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

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

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

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