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Playing President: My Close Encounters with Nixon, Carter, Bush I, Reagan, and Clinton--And How They Did Not Prepare Me for George W. Bus

by Robert Scheer

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ISBN13: 9781933354019
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Robert Scheer's interviews with and profiles of US presidents have shaped journalism history. Scheer developed close journalistic relationships with Presidents Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Clinton, and Bush I. His reporting on them had a tangible impact on national debate, such as the eminent 1976 Playboyinterview in which Jimmy Carter, the then-presidential candidate, admitted to have lusted in his heart; and the 1980 interview with the L.A. Times, during which Bush I confessed to Scheer his dream of a "winnable nuclear war."

In Playing President, Robert Scheer offers an unparalleled insight into the presidential mind. He analyses each administration since Nixon, and including George W. Bush, offering insights that will surprise the reader-particularly those with rigid preconceptions about the decision-making processes of our leaders. The volume will also include reprints of Scheer's famous presidential interviews, along with previously unpublished interview transcripts and select previous writings.

Robert Scheeris the author of six books, including Thinking Tuna Fish, Talking Death: Essays on the Pornography of Power; With Enough Shovels: Reagan, Bush and Nuclear War; and America After Nixon: The Age of Multinationals. Along with Christopher Scheer and Lakshmi Chaudhry, he is the coauthor of The Five Biggest Lies Bush Told Us About Iraq(Seven Stories/Akashic). Scheer is currently a clinical professor of communications at the Annenberg School at the University of Southern California. He is a nationally syndicated columnist based at the Los Angeles Times, a contributing editor at the Nation, and a host of NPR-affiliate KCRW's Left, Right, and Center.

About the Author

Robert Scheer is the author of six books and is currently a clinical professor of communications at the Annenberg School at the University of Southern California. He is a nationally syndicated columnist based at the Los Angeles Times, a contributing editor at The Nation, and a host of NPR affiliate KCRW's Left, Right, and Center.

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ISBN:
9781933354019
Subtitle:
My Close Encounters with Nixon, Carter, Bush I, Reagan, and Clinton--And How They Did Not Prepare Me for George W. Bus
Author:
Scheer, Robert
Publisher:
Akashic Books
Subject:
United states
Subject:
Presidents
Subject:
General Political Science
Subject:
Government - U.S. Government
Subject:
Political Process - Leadership
Subject:
Political Ideologies - Conservatism & Liberalism
Publication Date:
May 2006
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
307
Dimensions:
8.00 x 5.00 in

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