Archive Tapes a Candid Earful into Presidents' Power, Tribulations. / J. Taylor Rushing.
by Rushing, J. Taylor; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2003Article 17Global Issues. Publisher: KRT News Service, 2002ISSN: 1522-3221;.Subject(s): Eisenhower, Dwight D., 1890-1969 | Johnson, Lyndon B., 1908-1973 | Kennedy, John F., 1917-1963 | Nixon, Richard M., 1913-1994 | Roosevelt, Franklin D., 1882-1945 | Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 | United States. National Archives and Records Administration | Archives | Audiotapes | PresidentsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Recorded with hidden microphones in the Oval Office walls, desks and telephone lines, the tapes captured America's most powerful men making decisions and thinking out loud in candid, unguarded moments: Franklin Roosevelt predicting the start of World War II and strategizing a smear campaign against his opponent; [John F.] Kennedy wrestling with the Cuban missile crisis and griping about the U.S. hockey team's dismal performance overseas; [Lyndon] Johnson agonizing over Vietnam; and Richard Nixon turning the White House into a criminal-evidence warehouse." (FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM) This article features insight into archived presidential recordings which profile the personalities of former U.S. Presidents.
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Originally Published: Archive Tapes a Candid Earful into Presidents' Power, Tribulations, Aug. 11, 2002; pp. n.p..
"Recorded with hidden microphones in the Oval Office walls, desks and telephone lines, the tapes captured America's most powerful men making decisions and thinking out loud in candid, unguarded moments: Franklin Roosevelt predicting the start of World War II and strategizing a smear campaign against his opponent; [John F.] Kennedy wrestling with the Cuban missile crisis and griping about the U.S. hockey team's dismal performance overseas; [Lyndon] Johnson agonizing over Vietnam; and Richard Nixon turning the White House into a criminal-evidence warehouse." (FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM) This article features insight into archived presidential recordings which profile the personalities of former U.S. Presidents.
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