Stephen Hess
Author
Publisher
Brookings Institution Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
America was founded in rebellion against nobility and inherited status. Yet from the start, dynastic families have been conspicuous in national politics. The Adamses. The Lodges. The Tafts. The Roosevelts. The Kennedys. And today the Bushes and the Clintons. Longtime presidential historian Stephen Hess offers an encyclopedic tour of the families that have loomed large over America's political history. Starting with John Adams, who served as the young...
Author
Series
Newswork volume 7
Publisher
Brookings Institution Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"Follows up on 450 Washington journalists first interviewed in 1978, analyzing career patterns and challenges faced by generation, gender, minority status, news medium, and employer. Explores whether subjects rose within their organization, moved from reporter to editor or from one medium to another, or left journalism and if so, why and for what kind of career"--
Author
Publisher
Brookings Institution Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
"A workbook to guide future chief executives, decision by decision, through the minefield of transition. Based on experiences of a White House staffer and presidential adviser, shows what can be done to make presidential transitions go smoothly"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Brookings Institution Press
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
"Drawing on personal interviews and original survey research, reveals the mindset of foreign correspondents posted in the United States from a wide range of countries, and examines how foreign reporting has changed over the past 20 years"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher
DEJ Productions
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Behind the Wolfe Brothers brokerage firm lies something evil. Under the watchful eye of the firm's Dyson Keller, Jeff quickly becomes one of the pack. When the bloodlust reaches the boiling point, Jeff wants out ... but the brothers have other ideas.