The author discusses what he sees as "the mutual attraction between presidents and celebrities from Kennedy to Reagan. . . . Kennedy, he argues, took celebrity politics 'to a whole new level'; Nixon learned how to manufacture celebrity; . . . and Reagan combined both men's lessons and became, in the later years of his presidency, 'not so much America's leader as . . . its logo.'
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Alone with the President
The author discusses what he sees as "the mutual attraction between presidents and celebrities from Kennedy to Reagan. . . . Kennedy, he argues, took celebrity politics 'to a whole new level'; Nixon learned how to manufacture celebrity; . . . and Reagan combined both men's lessons and became, in the later years of his presidency, 'not so much America's leader as . . . its logo.'
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780922233090 |
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| Publisher: | Blast Books |
| Publication date: | 01/21/1994 |
| Edition description: | 1st ed |
| Pages: | 200 |
| Product dimensions: | 7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d) |
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