Presidential leadership, illness, and decision making /
Rose McDermott.
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- x, 334 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Aging, illness and addiction -- The exacerbation of personality : Woodrow Wilson -- Leading while dying : Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1943-45 -- Addicted to power : John F. Kennedy --Bordering on sanity : Richard Nixon -- 25th amendment -- Presidential care.
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Presidents--Health.--United States Presidents--Succession--United States. Presidents--Decision making.--United States