The gatekeepers : how the White House Chiefs of Staff define every presidency
by Whipple, Chris (Author)
Summary
An "in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the White House Chiefs of Staff, whose actions--and inactions--have defined the course of our country. Since George Washington, presidents have depended on the advice of key confidants. But it wasn't until the twentieth century that the White House chief of st... Full description
- Introduction: "I brought my pillow and my blankie"
- "The Lord High Executioner" : H.R. Haldeman and Richard Nixon
- "Beware the spokes of the wheel" : Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, and Gerald Ford
- "The smartest man in the room" : Hamilton Jordan, Jack Watson, and Jimmy Carter
- "One hell of a chief of staff " : James A. Baker III and Ronald Reagan
- "Don't hang up on the First Lady" : Donald Regan, Howard H. Baker Jr., Kenneth Duberstein, and Ronald Reagan
- "The prime minister" : John Sununu, Samuel Skinner, James A. Baker III, and George H.W. Bush
- "An iron fist in a velvet glove" : Thomas F. "Mack" McLarty, Leon Panetta, Erskine Bowles, John Podesta, and Bill Clinton
- "The decider" : Andrew Card, Joshua Bolten, and George W. Bush
- "Between bad and worse" : Rahm Emanuel, William Daley, Jacob Lew, Denis McDonough, and Barack Obama.