{"product_id":"my-presidential-life-judd-swift-9781493081486","title":"My Presidential Life: The Showdown at Putin's Dacha and Other Misadventures on the Diplomatic Road","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Presidents know these are the people who will drag you to safety in strange hotels and foreign countries, protect your secrets, and make the trains run on time...\"--Marlin Fitzwater, Press Secretary to Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Swift has tales to tell and secrets to spill, and he does it with aplomb and humor.\"--Kirkus Reviews \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Presidential Life: The Showdown at Putin's Dacha and Other Misadventures on the Diplomatic Road\u003c\/i\u003e is a whirlwind tour of a side of presidential history not found in presidential papers or biographies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a wry insider's look at iconic American presidents on the world stage and the unseen events that occurred off-camera. It's an intimate look at events the public and historians rarely, if ever, see. My Presidential Life is an entertaining and informative account that offers front-row seats to the dynamics of world leaders and events that shaped the world as we know it today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the tales told by Judd Swift include an obstreperous Lech Walesa threatening to disrupt George H.W. Bush's mission to end Soviet control of Poland; Peru's Shining Path guerillas setting off a car bomb outside the advance team's hotel; an endless number of supposedly ultra-secret meeting rooms filled with electronic eavesdropping devices; an imperious Franco loyalist who did her best to sabotage a successful summit at El Pardo Palace between Ronald Reagan and the king and president of Spain; and the day Vladimir Putin had George W. Bush trapped inside the Russian president's dacha without Secret Service protection and the man who carries the nuclear football; and many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Judd Swift\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1493081489\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781493081486\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lyons Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.08w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2024","brand":"Judd Swift","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44920147869951,"sku":"9781493081486","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c09dbed4-f928-44a6-b735-5b38ae8d6028.jpg?v=1710360309","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-presidential-life-judd-swift-9781493081486","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}