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The presidency is hazardous to your helth. 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, Robert E. Gilbert looks at modern presidents including Coolidge, FDR, Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Reagan. He shows- in some cases, for the first time- that all suffered from debilitating medical problems, physical and/or psychological, which they frequently managed to conceal from the public but which, in important ways, affected their political lives. This edition is updated to include a brief look at Presidents Clinton and Bush, both of whom suffered sudden and unpleasant indispositions while in office which to some degree affected their presidencies.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Politics & government Political structure & processes

• Full title: Mortal Presidency
• Subtitle: Illness and Anguish in the White House
• Author: Robert E. Gilbert
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 353
• EAN: 9780823218370
• ISBN: 0823218376
• ID: 04940356
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Weight: 516 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 23 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. January 1998

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