Playing President: Up Close with Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Bush and Clinton

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Robert Scheer's interviews with US presidents, and his profiles of them, have shaped journalism history. Scheer developed close journalistic relationships with Presidents Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Clinton and Bush senior. Here, Scheer offers an unparalleled insight into the presidential mind. Through both new writing and reprinted material, he analyses each American administration since Nixon and, including George W. Bush, offers surprising insights - particularly those with rigid preconceptions about the decision-making process of world leaders.

Author Bio

Robert Scheer is the author of six books, including Thinking Tuna Fish, Talking Death: Essays on the Pornography of Power; With Enough Shovels: Reagan, Bush and Nuclear War, and America after Nixon: the Age of the Multinationals. Along with Christopher Scheer and Lakshmi Chaudhury, he is the co-author of The Five Biggest Lies Bush Told Us about Iraq (published by 7Stories/Akashic and available from Turnaround).