Celebrity-in-chief : how show business took over the White House / Alan Schroeder.
"Drawing upon a wealth of fascinating anecdotes about some of the most celebrated individuals in American history, Schroeder shows how successive presidents since Woodrow Wilson have put on a show with mixed results. Whether it was Bill Clinton playing sax on TV talk shows or George W. Bush...
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Hōputu: | Pukapuka |
Reo: | English |
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Boulder, Colo. :
Westview Press,
[2004]
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Whakarāpopototanga: | "Drawing upon a wealth of fascinating anecdotes about some of the most celebrated individuals in American history, Schroeder shows how successive presidents since Woodrow Wilson have put on a show with mixed results. Whether it was Bill Clinton playing sax on TV talk shows or George W. Bush's Top Gun stunt aboard an aircraft carrier, Celebrity-in-Chief entertainingly convinces us that the results is a wholesale demystification of the office - and that this marriage of pop culture and the presidency will continue to fascinate and endure."--BOOK JACKET. |
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Whakaahuatanga ōkiko: | viii, 354 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Rārangi puna kōrero: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-331) and index. |
ISBN: | 081334137X 9780813341378 |