{"product_id":"the-heart-of-power-with-a-new-preface-health-and-politics-in-the-oval-office-paperback","title":"The Heart of Power, with a New Preface: Health and Politics in the Oval Office - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Blumenthal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames Morone\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven the most powerful men in the world are human--they get sick, take dubious drugs, drink too much, contemplate suicide, fret about ailing parents, and bury people they love. Young Richard Nixon watched two brothers die of tuberculosis, even while doctors monitored a suspicious shadow on his own lungs. John Kennedy received last rites four times as an adult, and Lyndon Johnson suffered a \"belly buster\" of a heart attack. David Blumenthal and James A. Morone explore how modern presidents have wrestled with their own mortality--and how they have taken this most human experience to heart as they faced the difficult politics of health care. Drawing on a trove of newly released White House tapes, on extensive interviews with White House staff, and on dramatic archival material that has only recently come to light, \u003ci\u003eThe Heart of Power \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the hidden ways in which presidents shape our destinies through their own experiences. Taking a close look at Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George Herbert Walker Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush, the book shows what history can teach us as we confront the health care challenges of the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Blumenthal and James Morone break new ground in our understanding of health policymaking in the White House, notably the tie between presidential policy actions and the personal medical problems that have faced each of our Presidents since Franklin D. Roosevelt. Once again, the nation faces the urgent need for health reform, and \u003ci\u003eHeart of Power\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for anyone who cares about improving our health care system to meet the challenges of the 21st century.--Senator Edward M. Kennedy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fascinating story of personalities, politics, and pratfalls of the presidents in their shaping of American healthcare. Written with deep insight and fluid prose, this unique contribution from a physician and an historian is a must read for all who wish to understand how we arrived at our current system and what is needed to advance it.--Jerome Groopman, M.D., author of \u003ci\u003eHow Doctors Think\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA revelation! This creative and compulsively readable book offers a genuinely new approach to the problem of leadership in large causes. Instructive in many ways, \u003ci\u003eThe Heart of Power\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving testament to the power of the heart, in high places.\"--David Hackett Fischer, Brandeis University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Blumenthal and James Morone break new ground in our understanding of health policymaking in the White House, notably the tie between presidential policy actions and the personal medical problems that have faced each of our Presidents since Franklin D. Roosevelt. Once again, the nation faces the urgent need for health reform, and \u003ci\u003eHeart of Power\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for anyone who cares about improving our health care system to meet the challenges of the 21st century.--Senator Edward M. Kennedy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating story of personalities, politics, and pratfalls of the presidents in their shaping of American healthcare. Written with deep insight and fluid prose, this unique contribution from a physician and an historian is a must read for all who wish to understand how we arrived at our current system and what is needed to advance it.\"--Jerome Groopman, M.D., author of \u003ci\u003eHow Doctors Think\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A revelation! This creative and compulsively readable book offers a genuinely new approach to the problem of leadership in large causes. Instructive in many ways, \u003ci\u003eThe Heart of Power\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving testament to the power of the heart, in high places.\"--David Hackett Fischer, Brandeis University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Blumenthal\u003c\/b\u003e was until recently the Samuel O. Thier Professor of Medicine and Professor of Health Policy at Harvard Medical School and a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital. He has advised Democratic presidential candidates from Michael Dukakis to Barack Obama, and now works on health issues for the Obama Administration. \u003cb\u003eJames A. Morone \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor and Chair of Political Science at Brown University and the author of \u003ci\u003eHellfire Nation \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Democratic Wish, \u003c\/i\u003ea \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book and winner of the Gladys Kammerer Award of the American Political Science Association.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 500\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 21, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45424784146534,"sku":"9780520268098","price":51.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/RmV5cG42VTZsRWx1U2ErTC9QMCsyQT09.webp?v=1775609431","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-heart-of-power-with-a-new-preface-health-and-politics-in-the-oval-office-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}