David Greenberg
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xvii, 540 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Description
"The most powerful political tool of the modern presidency is control of the message and the image. The Greeks called it 'rhetoric,' Gilded Age politicians called it 'publicity,' and some today might call it 'lying,' but spin is a built-in feature of American democracy. Presidents deploy it to engage, persuade, and mobilize the people-- in whom power ultimately resides. Presidential historian David Greenberg recounts the development of the White House...