{"product_id":"2940170945696","title":"The Presidents Club : Inside the World's Most Exclusive Fraternity","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Presidents Club was born at Eisenhower's inauguration when Harry Truman and Herbert Hoover first conceived the idea. Over the years that followedamp;mdash;and to this dayamp;mdash;the presidents relied on, misunderstood, sabotaged, and formed alliances with one another that changed history. The world's most exclusive fraternity is a complicated place: its members are bound forever because they sat in the Oval Office and know its secrets, yet they are immortal rivals for history's favor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome presidents needed their predecessors to keep their secrets; others needed them to disappear. Most just needed help getting the job done. Truman enlisted Hoover to help him save Europe; Kennedy turned to Ike on Cuba; Nixon sought Johnson's advice on getting reelected, but then tried to blackmail him; Ford and Carter couldn't stand each other until they saw what they had in common; Reagan and Clinton relied on Nixon as an off-the-books emissary to Russia; Bush put Clinton and his father to work and they became like father and son; and Obama and Clinton became quiet rivals for the same crown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJournalists and presidential historians Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy unravel the secret compacts, the shared scars, and the private cease-fires from Hoover to Obama. \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePresidents Club\u003c\/i\u003e will change the way we think about the presidency, for the club itself is an instrument of presidential power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Simon amp; Schuster audio production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ray Perreault","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47100725428464,"sku":"2940170945696","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170945696_p0.jpg?v=1763721221","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170945696","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}