'The President Has Been Shot': Confusion, Disability, and the 25th Amendment - Paperback

by Herbert L. Abrams (Author)

This updated paperback edition of the acclaimed analysis of medical and political events surrounding the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan includes a new Postscript on the election of 1992 and "the public's right to know " which covers the health problems and disclosures of Bush, Tsongas, Buchanan, Perot, and Clinton in light of the issues of privacy and confidentiality.

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It reads like a spellbinding political thriller. . . . This is a meticulously verified account of panic and intrigue in the Reagan White House, of misbehavior by all the president's men, and of their inexcusable failure to obey the Constitution's clear command.--San Francisco Chronicle
"A valuable addition to the growing literature of presidential succession.""A valuable addition to the growing literature of presidential succession."--The Review of Politics