Governing America: An Insider's Report from the White House and the Cabinet
by Joseph A. Califano, Jr
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0671254286
- ISBN 13
- 9780671254285
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
£6.45£4.52
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About This Item
New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1981 Simon and Schuster, New York. 1981. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; spotty splash stains on textblock top; light suntoning to upper board edges. DJ: Very Good; light suntoning to top edges and spine. Gray paper over boards with black cloth overlay on the spine with bright silver lettering on the spine and front board. 474 pp 8vo. The author was the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare during the Carter Administration and as a Special Assistant to the Johnson Administration. This book is his inside account of how and why our government works and fails to work. He was in charge of the largest part of the domestic agenda that involved the life and death concerns of millions of Americans. This book tells how sweeping decisions are made and a cautionary tale for those who think government can be instantly transformed. This book tells what governing is really like. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012183
- Title
- Governing America: An Insider's Report from the White House and the Cabinet
- Author
- Joseph A. Califano, Jr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0671254286
- ISBN 13
- 9780671254285
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1981
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- President Carter, President Johnson, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, government, U.S. government operations, bureaucracy, social security system, Medicare, welfare, abortion, civil rights, women's rights, White House, Congress, the media,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography;
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Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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