My presidential life : the showdown at Putin's dacha and other misadventures on the diplomatic road
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Published
Essex, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2024].
Status
Courthouse - Adult Nonfiction - NEW
973.927 SWIFT
1 available
973.927 SWIFT
1 available
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Published
Essex, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2024].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xiii, 226 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Includes index.
Description
My Presidential Life: The Showdown at Putin's Dacha and Other Misadventures on the Diplomatic Road is a whirlwind tour of a side of presidential history not found in presidential papers or biographies. It is a wry insider's look at iconic American presidents on the world stage and the unseen events that occurred off-camera. It's an intimate look at events the public and historians rarely, if ever, see. My Presidential Life is an entertaining and informative account that offers front-row seats to the dynamics of world leaders and events that shaped the world as we know it today. Among the tales told by Judd Swift include an obstreperous Lech Walesa threatening to disrupt George H.W. Bush's mission to end Soviet control of Poland; Peru's Shining Path guerillas setting off a car bomb outside the advance team's hotel; an endless number of supposedly ultra-secret meeting rooms filled with electronic eavesdropping devices; an imperious Franco loyalist who did her best to sabotage a successful summit at El Pardo Palace between Ronald Reagan and the king and president of Spain; and the day Vladimir Putin had George W. Bush trapped inside the Russian president's dacha without Secret Service protection and the man who carries the nuclear football; and many others.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Autobiographies.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
Presidents -- United States -- Staff -- Biography.
Swift, Judd.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989 -- Anecdotes.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1989- -- Anecdotes.
United States. -- Department of Energy -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
Presidents -- United States -- Staff -- Biography.
Swift, Judd.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989 -- Anecdotes.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1989- -- Anecdotes.
United States. -- Department of Energy -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Swift, J. (2024). My presidential life: the showdown at Putin's dacha and other misadventures on the diplomatic road . Lyons Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Swift, Judd. 2024. My Presidential Life: The Showdown At Putin's Dacha and Other Misadventures On the Diplomatic Road. Lyons Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Swift, Judd. My Presidential Life: The Showdown At Putin's Dacha and Other Misadventures On the Diplomatic Road Lyons Press, 2024.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Swift, Judd. My Presidential Life: The Showdown At Putin's Dacha and Other Misadventures On the Diplomatic Road Lyons Press, 2024.
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