The Resource The gatekeepers : how the White House Chiefs of Staff define every presidency, Chris Whipple
The gatekeepers : how the White House Chiefs of Staff define every presidency, Chris Whipple
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- Summary
- What do Dick Cheney and Rahm Emanuel have in common? Aside from polarizing personalities, both served as chief of staff to the president of the United States -- as did Donald Rumsfeld, Leon Panetta, and a relative handful of others. The chiefs of staff, often referred to as "the gatekeepers," wield tremendous power in Washington and beyond; they decide who is allowed to see the president, negotiate with Congress to push POTUS's agenda, and -- most crucially -- enjoy unparalleled access to the leader of the free world. Each chief can make or break an administration, and each president reveals himself by the chief he picks. Through extensive, intimate interviews with all seventeen living chiefs and two former presidents, journalist and producer Chris Whipple pulls back the curtain on this unique fraternity. In doing so, he revises our understanding of presidential history, showing us how James Baker's expert managing of the White House, the press, and Capitol Hill paved the way for the Reagan Revolution -- and, conversely, how Watergate, the Iraq War, and even the bungled Obamacare rollout might have been prevented by a more effective chief. Filled with analysis and never-before-reported details, The Gatekeepers offers an portrait of the toughest job in Washington
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Extent
- 365 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780804138260
- Label
- The gatekeepers : how the White House Chiefs of Staff define every presidency
- Title
- The gatekeepers
- Title remainder
- how the White House Chiefs of Staff define every presidency
- Statement of responsibility
- Chris Whipple
- Subject
-
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Employees
- HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government | Executive Branch
- Politics and government
- Presidents -- Staff
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political
- United States
- United States -- Politics and government
- United States, White House Office
- United States, White House Office -- Officials and employees
- Presidents -- United States -- Staff
- Bestsellers, New York Times - Nonfiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- What do Dick Cheney and Rahm Emanuel have in common? Aside from polarizing personalities, both served as chief of staff to the president of the United States -- as did Donald Rumsfeld, Leon Panetta, and a relative handful of others. The chiefs of staff, often referred to as "the gatekeepers," wield tremendous power in Washington and beyond; they decide who is allowed to see the president, negotiate with Congress to push POTUS's agenda, and -- most crucially -- enjoy unparalleled access to the leader of the free world. Each chief can make or break an administration, and each president reveals himself by the chief he picks. Through extensive, intimate interviews with all seventeen living chiefs and two former presidents, journalist and producer Chris Whipple pulls back the curtain on this unique fraternity. In doing so, he revises our understanding of presidential history, showing us how James Baker's expert managing of the White House, the press, and Capitol Hill paved the way for the Reagan Revolution -- and, conversely, how Watergate, the Iraq War, and even the bungled Obamacare rollout might have been prevented by a more effective chief. Filled with analysis and never-before-reported details, The Gatekeepers offers an portrait of the toughest job in Washington
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Whipple, Chris
- Dewey number
- 973.92092/2
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- JK552
- LC item number
- .W55 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- United States
- United States
- Presidents
- United States
- Employees
- Politics and government
- Presidents
- United States
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- Label
- The gatekeepers : how the White House Chiefs of Staff define every presidency, Chris Whipple
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-342) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- ocn953597729
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Extent
- 365 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780804138260
- Lccn
- 2016046233
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40027046382
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780804138246
- (OCoLC)953597729
- Label
- The gatekeepers : how the White House Chiefs of Staff define every presidency, Chris Whipple
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-342) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- ocn953597729
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Extent
- 365 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780804138260
- Lccn
- 2016046233
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40027046382
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780804138246
- (OCoLC)953597729
Subject
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Employees
- HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government | Executive Branch
- Politics and government
- Presidents -- Staff
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political
- United States
- United States -- Politics and government
- United States, White House Office
- United States, White House Office -- Officials and employees
- Presidents -- United States -- Staff
- Bestsellers, New York Times - Nonfiction
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