Behind the scenes in American government : personalities and politics / [compiled by] Peter Woll.

Incluye bibliografía.

The boss / Mike Royko -- Running / Elizabeth Drew -- Winning / Marvella Bayh -- Jerry Brown : the man on the white horse / J.D. Lorenz -- Ronald Reagan : a political perspective / Lou Cannon -- The powers that be / David Halberstam -- Ralph Nader : a countervailing force / Thomas Whiteside -- Jesse Jackson -- ´I am somebody!´ -- but who? / Clarence Page -- The passionless Presidency / James Fallows -- The White House staff -- a personal account / George E. Reedy -- My first day at the White House / John Dean -- How Frost made Nixon sweat / David Frost -- The journey to Peking / Henry Kissinger -- Firing the general / Merle Miller -- The Johnson system / Roland Evans and Robert Novak -- Robert Byrd and Edward Kennedy : two stories of the Senate / Laurence Leamer -- Personality and strife in the United States Senate : the great Alaska feud / Nicholas Lemann -- Russell Long / Aaron Latham -- The politician / Jimmy Breslin -- The Brethren and the abortion decision / Bob Woodward and Scott