Whipple chronicles how chiefs of staffs from Richard Nixon’s presidency to Barack Obama’s have influenced each president’s success. He interviewed all 17 of the living men who had held the position as well as two former presidents and covers them in chronological order, starting with Nixon’s H.R. Haldeman, whose tenure was a model for the way the role is viewed today: as a centralized advisory role with oversize power and access. Image“WORK HARD, STUDY … AND KEEP OUT OF POLITICS!”Adventures and Lessons From an Unexpected Public LifeBy James A. Baker III with Steve Fiffer496 pp. (2006)Baker, who was chief of staff twice, first for Ronald Reagan and then for George H.W.

Source: New York Times December 10, 2018 22:52 UTC