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Mr. and Mrs. President: From the Trumans to the Clintons Paperback – May 2, 2000
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It began with Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt. It accelerated with Jack and Jackie Kennedy. Lady Bird and Lyndon Johnson became partners in office and Nancy and Ronnie seemed joined at the hip. Without question, the presidential couple has arrived as a force in politics. Yet surprisingly, the electorate is not happy about it.
The emergence of the presidential couple is one of the most important and contentious developments in America’s postwar political history. Its citizens’ reaction to the First Couple reflects the country’s changing morality, its uncertain attitude toward feminism, and the increasing power of the media. Gil Troy traces these shifts through ten presidential marriages, from the homesick tensions between Harry and Bess Truman to the very public scandals endured by Bill and Hillary Clinton. Along the way, readers learn of Mamie Eisenhower's perseverance on her husband’s campaign trail, Gerald Ford’s embarrassment over Betty’s outspoken honesty, and the amazing political success of Nancy and Ronald Reagan’s partnership in office. With a new chapter devoted to Hillary and Bill Clinton’s tainted partnership in office and to our present First Lady’s senatorial ambitions, this edition of Gil Troy’s Mr. and Mrs. President offers fresh insights into America’s paradoxical expectations for its presidential wives and husbands.
“Troy argues that the rise of the First Couple is not simply a function of the women’s movement, but reflects a mixture of factors, including the weakening of parties, the rise of personality politics, the increasing power of the Presidency and the Federal Government and perhaps, most important of all, the ‘rise of the mass media and the new political culture it spawned.’”—New York Times Book Review.
- Print length472 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherUniversity Press of Kansas
- Publication dateMay 2, 2000
- Dimensions6 x 1.4 x 9.3 inches
- ISBN-100700610340
- ISBN-13978-0700610341
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"Troy argues that the rise of the First Couple is not simply a function of the women’s movement, but reflects a mixture of factors, including the weakening of parties, the rise of personality politics, the increasing power of the Presidency and the Federal Government and perhaps, most important of all, the ‘rise of the mass media and the new political culture it spawned.’"—New York Times Book Review
"A must read for anyone interested in the presidential marriage. Recommended for a broad audience."—Presidential Studies Quarterly
"An absorbing book full of surprising and fascinating anecdotes."—Kirkus Reviews
"Deeply engrossing."—Publishers Weekly
"Thought provoking [and] convincing."—Library Journal
"A must read for anyone interested in serious discussion of the power and influence of presidential spouses. It removes these women from the roles associated with tea and china and places them in the larger context of White House turf battles and American ambivalence toward women and power. While I disagree with his conclusions, I have not read a more provocative, thoroughly researched, or readable account of these women. I recommend it without reservation."—Allida Black, author of Casting Her Own Shadow: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Shaping of Postwar Liberalism
"Hillary Clinton should read Troy’s book. Anybody who wants to be First Lady should read it. Anyone married to a powerful person, or thinking about marrying a powerful person, should read it; in fact, everyone should. It’s full of nuggets and insights about marriage, power, and the presidency. I loved it."—Lesley Stahl, CBS News
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Gil Troy, a native of Queens, New York, is professor of history at McGill University in Montreal and the author of See How They Ran: The Changing Role of the Presidential Candidate.
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- Publisher : University Press of Kansas; Subsequent edition (May 2, 2000)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 472 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0700610340
- ISBN-13 : 978-0700610341
- Item Weight : 1.85 pounds
- Dimensions : 6 x 1.4 x 9.3 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #4,647,647 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #506 in Public Administration
- #3,139 in Political Parties (Books)
- #4,102 in United States Executive Government
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About the author
Gil Troy is the award-winning author of "The Age of Clinton: America in the 1990s" which will be published this October by Thomas Dunne Books of St. Martin׳s Press. A Professor of History at McGill University since 1990, and a visiting scholar this fall at The Brookings Institution, this will be his eleventh book. A leading presidential historian, Troy has also written about the history of American presidential elections, Ronald Reagan and the 1980s, Hillary Clinton, the importance of moderation in American democracy, and Daniel Patrick Moynihan's fight as US Ambassador to the UN against the infamous Zionism is Racism resolution. He writes a regular column for the Daily Beast on Forgotten History, putting current events in historical perspective and also writes a regular column for the Jerusalem Post. He has been widely published in The New York Times, The New Republic, and other major media outlets. Long designated by Maclean's Magazine as one of McGill's "Popular Profs," he is a sought-after public speaker.
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- Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2016A lengthy book with facts and opinion concerning American presidents and the influence of their wives. As an avid reader interested in this topic and books already in print describing the subject, I enjoyed the author's depiction of just how much spouses matter in presidential decisions. Through the decades and as an independent voter, I have always considered the presidency as a couple first and it is important to me they love and respect each other before campaigning for the presidency. I expect first ladies to have intelligence, loyalty, a cause to promote, and to provide a consistent warm and inviting environment within their home in the White House. As for the upcoming 2016 election and the possibility of a "first gentleman" I cannot quite imagine the consequences!
This book provides a few nuggets of information not generally reported and the author probably will not make you change your mind on which couple in modern times reflected your own point of view as to their service if you have already lived through these presidencies. Reading the book may, however, influence a younger generation as they prepare to vote. Does the marriage matter? Read this interesting book and decide!