From the Fabulous Baker Boys to the Master of Disaster: The White House Chief of Staff in the Reagan and G. H. W. Bush Administrations

Presidential Studies Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 463-482

  Cohen, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

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EID: 84937379207     PISSN: 03604918     EISSN: 17415705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-5705.2002.tb00002.x     Document Type: Article

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