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Title When life strikes the president : scandal, death, and illness in the White House / edited by Jeffrey A. Engel and Thomas J. Knock.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]

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Description xi, 342 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents A crisis of his own contrivance : Andrew Jackson's break with John C. Calhoun / Daniel Feller -- "I am president" : John Tyler, presidential succession, the crisis of legitimacy, and the defense of presidential power / Aaron Scott Crawford -- Personal loss and Franklin Pierce's presidency / Michael F. Holt -- Abraham Lincoln and the death of his son Willie / Michael Burlingame -- "One long wilderness of despair" : Woodrow Wilson's stroke and the League of Nations / Thomas J. Knock -- Calvin Coolidge : "when he went the power and the glory of the presidency went with him" / Amity Shlaes -- The splendid deception of "Doctor" Roosevelt / Frank Costigliola -- The Kennedy family through sickness and death / David Nasaw -- Lyndon Johnson at home and abroad / Randall B. Woods -- A depressed and self-destructive president : Richard Nixon in the White House / Jeremi Suri -- Governing during a time of crisis : the Reagan presidency / Kiron K. Skinner -- The Clintons : the politics of the personal / William Chafe.
Summary Life does not stop simply because someone becomes president. Death, illness, sadness, and scandal affect every president and his family--often during their time in office. Yet the work of the nation and the pressures of the job do not cease simply because a president suffers, though their reaction, suffering, and perseverance often alters the course of American history.
Subject Presidents -- United States -- Health -- Case studies.
Presidents -- United States -- Psychology -- Case studies.
Presidents -- United States -- Decision making -- Case studies.
Political corruption -- United States -- Case studies.
Political corruption. (OCoLC)fst01069240
Presidents -- Decision making. (OCoLC)fst01075743
Presidents -- Health. (OCoLC)fst01075765
Presidents -- Psychology. (OCoLC)fst01075795
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
Added Author Engel, Jeffrey A., editor.
Knock, Thomas J., editor.
ISBN 9780190650759 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0190650753 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9780190650766 (Updf)
0190650761 (Updf)
9780190650773 (Epub)
019065077X (Epub)
Standard No. 40027046231

 
    
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