What Jefferson Read, Ike Watched, and Obama Tweeted - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook What Jefferson Read, Ike Watched, and Obama Tweeted write by Tevi Troy. This book was released on 2013-09-02. What Jefferson Read, Ike Watched, and Obama Tweeted available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From Cicero to Snooki, the cultural influences on our American presidents are powerful and plentiful. Thomas Jefferson famously said "I cannot live without books," and his library backed up the claim, later becoming the backbone of the new Library of Congress. Jimmy Carter watched hundreds of movies in his White House, while Ronald Reagan starred in a few in his own time. Lincoln was a theater-goer, while Obama kicked back at home to a few episodes of HBO's "The Wire." America is a country built by thinkers on a foundation of ideas. Alongside classic works of philosophy and ethics, however, our presidents have been influenced by the books, movies, TV shows, viral videos, and social media sensations of their day. In What Jefferson Read, Ike Watched, and Obama Tweeted: 200 Years of Popular Culturen in the White House presidential scholar and former White House aide Tevi Troy combines research with witty observation to tell the story of how our presidents have been shaped by popular culture.
What Jefferson Read, Ike Watched, and Obama Tweeted
What Jefferson Read, Ike Watched, and Obama Tweeted - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook What Jefferson Read, Ike Watched, and Obama Tweeted write by Tevi Troy. This book was released on 2013-09-02. What Jefferson Read, Ike Watched, and Obama Tweeted available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Explores how U.S. presidents' cultural pursuits shaped their leadership while examining how the reading habits of early presidents have been sidelined by such technological advances as the radio, the television, and the Internet.
Intellectuals and the American Presidency
Intellectuals and the American Presidency - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Intellectuals and the American Presidency write by Tevi Troy. This book was released on 2002. Intellectuals and the American Presidency available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book examines the contact relationships between U.S. presidents and America's intellectuals since 1960.
Fight House
Fight House - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Fight House write by Tevi Troy. This book was released on 2020-02-11. Fight House available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Fight House looks juicy as all hell" - National Review "Troy seamlessly weaves West Wing gossip with significant moments in modern history." - Jewish Insider THE WHITE HOUSE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A FIGHT HOUSE President Trump’s White House is famously tumultuous. But as presidential historian and former White House staffer Tevi Troy reminds us, bitter rivalries inside the White House are nothing new. From the presidencies of Harry S. Truman, when the modern White House staff took shape, to Donald Trump, the White House has been filled with ambitious people playing for the highest stakes and bearing bitter grudges. In Fight House, you’ll discover: -The advisor to President Harry Truman that General George Marshall refused to acknowledge -How the supposed “Camelot” Kennedy White House was rife with conflict -How Dr. Henry Kissinger displaced other national security advisors to gain President Richard Nixon’s ear -Why President Jimmy Carter’s personal pettiness and obsession with detail led to a dysfunctional White House—and played a role in his losing the 1980 election -How the contrasting management styles of President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan led to some epic White House staff clashes -Why the “No Drama Obama” White House was anything but no drama Insightful, entertaining, and important, Tevi Troy’s Fight House will delight and instruct anyone interested in American politics and presidential history.
Shall We Wake the President?
Shall We Wake the President? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Shall We Wake the President? write by Tevi Troy. This book was released on 2016-09-01. Shall We Wake the President? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The history of presidential dealings with disasters shows that whatever their ideology, presidents need to be prepared to deal with unexpected crises. In recent years, the expectations have grown as the disasters seem to appear to be coming more frequently. Since 2001, numerous unpredictable crises, including terror attacks, massive storms, and an economic collapse, have shaken Americans to their core. It seems as if technology, for all of its beneficences, also provides mankind with increasingly powerful ways to wreak destruction, including nuclear explosions, bioterror attacks, and cyber-attacks. In addition, instantaneous and incessant communications technologies send us word of disasters taking place anywhere in the nation far more rapidly, giving disasters an immediacy that some may have lacked in the past. In 21st century America, the eyes of the American people look to the president to lead the response to whatever disasters happen to strike. President Obama and his team learned this and were taken aback by the sheer number of crises that a president needed to deal with, including swine flu, BP’s Macondo oil spill, and the Somali pirates who attacked an American ship. Many of these did not quite reach disaster status, but Obama’s reaction to the constant stream of crises was both revealing and unnerving: “Who thought we were going to have to deal with pirates?” In Shall We Wake the President?, Tevi Troy, a presidential historian and former senior White House aide and deputy secretary of the Department of Health & Human Services, looks at the evolving role of the president in dealing with disasters, and looks at how our presidents have handled disasters throughout our history. He also looks at the likelihood of similar disasters befalling modern America, and details how smart policies today can help us avoid future crises, or can best react to them should they occur. In addition, he provides information on what individuals can do to prepare for disasters. This book includes sections on how American presidents have dealt with a variety of disasters, including health crises, terror attacks, economic upheaval, bioterror and cyber-attacks, natural disasters, and civil breakdown. In doing so, Shall We Wake the President? will provide lessons from presidents of the past that will inform policy strategies for presidents of the future.
