The man who ran Washington : the life and times of James A. Baker III
by Baker, Peter, 1967- (Author), Glasser, Susan (Author)
Summary
"Co-authored by the Chief White House correspondent at The New York Times and the Washington columnist at the The New Yorker, this is a biography any would-be power broker must own: the story of legendary White House chief of staff and secretary of state James A. Baker III, the man who ran Washingto... Full description
- Prologue: The Velvet Hammer
- In the Magnolia City
- The warden's son
- God came today
- A long dark night
- Miracle man
- Out of the backroom
- The asterisk club
- Troika
- Shit detector
- Big leagues
- To the last drop of blood
- The ratfuck
- The dark side
- Morning in America
- Fencing master
- Black Monday
- The handler
- Jigsaw puzzle
- Fly fishing with Shevy
- The curtain falls
- Winners and losers
- Desert diplomacy
- Eyes of a killer
- From the souk to Madrid
- A call to action
- The cruelest turn
- The virus
- Scorched earth
- Grave and deteriorating.