Presidential Lightning Rods: The Politics of Blame Avoidance

by Richard J. Ellis

Book Overview

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H. R. Haldeman, President Nixon's former chief of staff, is said to have boasted: "Every president needs a son of a bitch, and I'm Nixon's. I'm his buffer and I'm his bastard. I get done what he wants done and I take the heat instead of him."

Richard Ellis explores the widely discussed but poorly understood phenomenon of presidential "lightning rods"--cabinet officials who "take the heat" instead...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700631496
• ISBN13: 9780700631490
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"