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Title:

Papers on presidential disability and the Twenty-fifth Amendment. Volume III / by medical, historical, and political authorities ; edited by Kenneth W. Thompson.

Publisher:

University Press of America ;

Copyright Date:

©1996

Description:

xiv, 220 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Presidents--Succession--United States.
United States.--Constitution.--25th Amendment.
Constitution (United States)
Presidents--Succession.
United States.

Other Authors:

Thompson, Kenneth W., 1921-2013.

Notes:

"Funded by the W. Alton Jones Foundation."

Contents:

I. Presidential disability: 1. The cover-up of presidential illness, the president's physician, and the twenty-fifth amendment / Carlos F. Gomez, and Kenneth R. Crispell -- 2. The role of the presidential physician / Burton J. Lee III -- II. Woodrow Wilson: 3. Woodrow Wilson's disability and the constitutional crisis / Arthur S. Link -- III. Calvin Coolidge: 4. Personal grieving and political defeat: the case of Calvin Coolidge / C. Knight Aldrich -- IV. John F. Kennedy: 5. Presidential disability: the case of John F. Kennedy / Robert E. Gilbert -- 6. John F. Kennedy and the issue of presidential disability / Kenneth R. Crispell -- V. Lyndon B. Johnson: 7. The political effects of presidential illness: the case of Lyndon B. Johnson / Robert E. Gilbert -- VI. Richard M. Nixon: 8. The three faces of Richard Nixon / Vamik D. Volkan -- VII. President's physician: 9. The Bush presidency and presidential disability / Burton J. Lee III -- 10. Medical cover-ups in the White House / Robert H. Ferrell -- Appendix: 11. The secret Mitterand couldn't take with him / Craig R. Whitney.

ISBN:

9780761804246
0761804242
9780761804239
0761804234

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Des Moines)