When the center held : Gerald Ford and the rescue of the American presidency

Rumsfeld, Donald, 1932-2021, author.

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"A revealing political memoir of the presidency of Gerald Ford as seen through the eyes of Donald Rumsfeld--the New York Times bestselling author, and Ford's former Secretary of Defense and Chief of Staff, and longtime personal confidant"-- Provided by publisher.

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Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006

Presidents United States Biography

Rumsfeld, Donald, 1932-2021

United States Politics and government 1974-1977

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ISBN:

9781501172939

Edition:

First Free Press hardcover edition

Description:

xvii, 331 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

The long, national nightmare
"Give me hell"
The pardon
Public enemy number one
Choosing Rockefeller
Morning coats and wolf furs: Ford abroad
Neither confirm nor deny: the Glomar Explorer and the crisis in the CIA
The Reagan shadow
The fall of Vietnam
Ford at the helm: The S.S. Mayaguez Crisis
Commander in Chief
Assassins' target-- The (so-called) Halloween massacre
Rumble from the right
Last campaign
Epilogue

LCCN:

2018001411

Control Number:

2664291

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