Bibliograph

When the center held, Gerald Ford and the rescue of the American presidency, Donald Rumsfeld

Type

Label

When the center held, Gerald Ford and the rescue of the American presidency, Donald Rumsfeld

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

When the center held

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1039312993

Responsibility statement

Donald Rumsfeld

Sub title

Gerald Ford and the rescue of the American presidency

Summary

"A revealing political memoir of the presidency of Gerald Ford as seen through the eyes of Donald Rumsfeld--the New York Times bestselling author, and Ford's former Secretary of Defense and Chief of Staff, and longtime personal confidant"--, Provided by pubilsher

Table Of Contents

The long, national nightmare -- "Give me hell" -- The pardon -- Public enemy number one -- Choosing Rockefeller -- Morning coats and wolf furs: Ford abroad -- Neither confirm nor deny: the Glomar and the crisis in the CIA -- The Reagan shadow -- The fall of Vietnam -- Ford at the helm: The S.S. Mayaguez Crisis -- Commander-in-Chief -- Near misses -- The (so-called) Halloween massacre -- Reagan on the right -- The last campaign

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