Counsel to the President: A MemoirFrom Washington's ultimate insider, the most revealing, fascinating and important political memoir of the post-World War II era. Clark Clifford was Truman's counsel, Kennedy's lawyer, Johnson's confidant, and secretary of defense during the Vietnam War. Now he takes readers inside the corridors of power. 16 pages of photographs. |
Contents
SHOWDOWN IN THE OVAL OFFICE | 3 |
TO THE WHITE HOUSE | 45 |
A LITTLE Gambling AMONG FRIENDS | 69 |
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