{"product_id":"to-serve-the-president","title":"To Serve the President","description":"\u003cp\u003eNobody knows more about the duties, the difficulties, and the strategies of staffing and working in the White House than Brad Patterson. In \u003ci\u003eTo Serve the President\u003c\/i\u003e, Patterson combines insider access, decades of Washington experience, and an inimitable style to open a window onto closely guarded Oval Office turf. The fascinating and entertaining result is the most complete look ever at the White House and the people that make it work.\u003cbr\u003ePatterson describes what he considers to be the whole White House staff, a larger and more inclusive picture than the one painted by most analysts. In addition to nearly one hundred policy offices, he draws the curtain back from less visible components such as the Executive Residence staff, \u003ci\u003eAir Force One\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMarine One\u003c\/i\u003e, the First Lady's staff, Camp David, and many others—135 separate offices in all, pulling together under often stressful and intense conditions.\u003cbr\u003eThis authoritative and readable account lays out the organizational structure of the full White House and fills it out the outline with details both large and small. Who are these people? What exactly do they do? And what role do they play in running the nation? Another exciting feature of \u003ci\u003eTo Serve the President\u003c\/i\u003e is Patterson's revelation of the total size and total cost of the contemporary White House—information that simply is not available anywhere else.\u003cbr\u003eThis is not a kiss-and-tell tale or an incendiary exposé. Brad Patterson is an accomplished public administrator with an intimate knowledge of how the White House really works, and he brings to this book a refreshingly positive view of government and public service not currently in vogue. The U.S. government is not a monolith, or a machine, or a shadowy cabal; above all, it is \u003ci\u003epeople\u003c\/i\u003e, human beings doing the best they can, under challenging conditions, to produce a better life for their fellow citizens. While there are bad apples in every bunch, the vast majority\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56399079571800,"sku":"9780815705116","price":32.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780815705116_ee531472-1311-4624-84a3-8215e6c0a324.jpg?v=1778680885","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/to-serve-the-president","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}