The Mortal Presidency : : Illness and Anguish in the White House / / Robert E. Gilbert.
The presidency is hazardous to your health. Fully two-thirds of our presidents have died before reaching their life-expectancy- despite being wealthier, better educated, and better cared for that most Americans. In Mortal Presidency, the first complete account of death and illness in the White House...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2021] ©1998 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction A President Falls, Another Collapses
- Chapter ONE Presidential Pathology and Mortality
- Chapter TWO The Trauma of Death: Calvin Coolidge
- Chapter THREE Functioning in Chains: Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Chapter FOUR Pain and Duty: Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Chapter FIVE Illness at Camelot: John F. Kennedy
- Chapter SIX Ambition and Torment: Lyndon B. Johnson
- Chapter SEVEN Scars in the Teflon: Ronald Reagan
- Chapter EIGHT Prescriptions
- Notes
- Index