The Presidents Club: Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity Book

Paperback. Pub Date :2013-03-28 Pages: 656 Language: English Publisher: Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers Over the years that followed-and to this day-the presidents relied on. misunderstood. sabotaged. and formed alliances with one another that changed history. The worlds most exclusive fraternity is a complicated place: its members are bound forever because they sat in the Oval Office and know its secrets. yet they are immortal rivals for historys favour. Some presidents needed their predecessors to keep their secrets; others needed them to disappear. Truman enlisted Hoover to help him save Europe; Kennedy turned to Ike on Cuba; Nixon sought Johnsons advice on getting re-elected. but then tried to blackmail him; Ford and Carter couldnt stand each other until they saw what they had in common; Reagan and Clinton relied on Nixon as an emissary to Russia; Bush put Clinton...Read More