The Games Presidents Play

The Games Presidents Play
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Publisher : JHU Press
Total Pages : 428
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ISBN-10 : 080188425X
ISBN-13 : 9780801884252
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Book Synopsis The Games Presidents Play by : John Sayle Watterson

Download or read book The Games Presidents Play written by John Sayle Watterson and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2006-10-27 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Looking at the athletic strengths, feats, and shortcomings of our presidents, John Sayle Watterson explores not only their health, physical attributes, personalities, and sports IQs, but also the increasing trend of Americans in the past century to equate sporting achievements with courage, manliness, and political competence."--Dust jacket [p. 2].


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