Richard Reeves

Richard Reeves's acclaimed account of a presidency solves the puzzle of Ronald Reagan -- a man of limited breadth and knowledge who was perhaps the most effective superpower president.Using the techniques he employed in his bestselling books on Presidents Kennedy and Nixon, Reeves takes us inside Reagan's Oval Office, where we find a charismatic, crafty, focused politician. Astonishing

President Kennedy is the compelling, dramatic history of JFK's thousand days in office. It illuminates the presidential center of power by providing an indepth look at the day-by-day decisions and dilemmas of the thirty-fifth president as he faced everything from the threat of nuclear war abroad to racial unrest at home. "A narrative that leaves us not only with a new understanding of Kennedy as P

Who was Richard Nixon? The most amazing thing about the man was not what he did as president, but that he became president at all. Using thousands of new interviews and recently discovered or declassified documents and tapes, Richard Reeves's President Nixon offers a surprising portrait of a brilliant and contradictory man.Even as he dreamed of presidential greatness, Nixon could trust no on

Very Good Hardcover New Simon & Schuster, 1984. First edition, first printing, 1984. Tan hardcover, black cloth spine with gilt spine lettering, 223 pages with index, illustrated dustjacket. The book is in very good condition, looks and feels about new, with sound text block, good hinges, clean pages with no names or other markings. The mylar protected dusjacket is priceclipped and is also in

American Politics & Studies, Political Studies, US Politics, American Presidency

A veteran journalist examines the circumstances and consequences of what he sees as serious missteps and misperceptions on the part of President Clinton and his administration

The 1976 Democratic convention was more than a television extravaganza. Reeves's vignettes suggest some practical truths about political behavior.

The power and status of the press in America reached new heights after spectacular reporting triumphs in the segregated South, in Vietnam, and in Washington during the Watergate years. Then new technologies created instantaneous global reporting which left the government unable to control the flow of information to the nation. The press thus became a formidable rival in critical struggles to contr

The bestselling author of President Kennedy: Profile of Power historian and biographer Richard Reeves lends his unmistakable voice to the groundbreaking Character Above All audio series with an illuminating examination of one of America's most popular Presidents. Recorded live at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, Reeves continues a series of lectures delivered

Ernest Rutherford, who grew up in colonial New Zealand and came to Cambridge on a scholarship, made numerous revolutionary discoveries, among them the orbital structure of the atom and the concept of the “half-life” of radioactive materials, which led to a massive reevaluation of the age of the earth—previously judged just 100 million years old. Above all, perhaps, Rutherford and the young men wor

In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville began a nine-month journey in search of what he later called "Democracy in America." Using Tocqueville's original notes, Richard Reeves retraced those travels, going to the same places to find the modern counterparts of the Americans of the 1830s.Tocqueville and Reeves both began their journeys in Newport, Rhode Island, and then traveled through new York

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Argues that President Reagan's policies and actions constitute a detour from the long tradition of American liberal democratization and offers suggestions for getting the country back on the main road

In the early hours of June 26, 1948, phones began ringing across America, waking up the airmen of World War II—pilots, navigators, and mechanics—who were finally beginning normal lives with new houses, new jobs, new wives, and new babies. Some were given just forty-eight hours to report to local military bases. The president, Harry S. Truman, was recalling them to active duty to try to save the de

Published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s election as president of the United States, this book is a revealing and intimate portrait of a leader, husband, and father as seen through the lens of Cecil Stoughton, the first official White House photographer. Stoughton’s close rapport with the president and first lady gave him extraordinary access to the Oval Office, the Kenne

Detective Inspector Jonathon Rose had left the City under a cloud. Choosing the Royal Ulster Constabulary as his own Foreign Legion, where he would put the events of the past behind him, he little realises how the experience will cloud his perceptions in the future. Ten years after his departure, he was once again causing controversy by returning to the City, as the newly promoted Detective

A LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE • Bestselling author Richard Reeves provides an authoritative account of the internment of more than 120,000 Japanese-Americans and Japanese aliens during World War IILess than three months after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and inflamed the nation, Preside

A compilation of short stories for the imaginative in all of us. Some of these stories are based on true experiences, urban legends and other unexplained memories. Many of these events can help connect or explain similar experiences had by other people from around the world. When we want to relax, do we escape reality for a few moments, or do we just see what is always there?

“Do not go anywhere near those caves!” his father warned. “No one knows what is in there so entry is forbidden.”Most children – especially boys – like to do anything that is forbidden. Spaceboy was no exception. In fact, if it was forbidden, he wanted to do it even more.“Okay Dad,” said Spaceboy. He was so excited; he was on the moon!! A short while later -“That’s odd,” said Spaceboy. “That Lunar

This funny easter adult activity book has taken the coolest and smart crossword puzzle books for adults in the world and turned them into fantastically-fun, creative logic puzzle pages that have been specially designed to give to any word search lover an interesting, relaxing and super-fun experience. Designed to lasts a long time, providing hours of activity for adults. <str

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