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Falling Down With Ford,
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This review is from: Palace politics: An inside account of the Ford years (Hardcover)
To read a book about the Ford Administration today you are either a die-hard political junky or a relative of someone who worked there. I have no such relatives. The book is actually just like the Ford administration, the most interesting parts all deal with Nixon, whether it is his late night file get away, the pardon or the staff that just did not quite understand that Nixon was not still running the show, these were the parts of the book that had the most weight. Reading the book I kept hoping that the author would provide some facts that would eliminate my view that Ford was lucky to stumble through 3 years and the USA was lucky nothing serious happened on his watch. It just seemed like Ford had short timers syndrome, just riding out his term so that he could collect his pension and get good tee times. And by the way, is there any book that Al Haig shows up in that he is not roundly bashed, did no one like this guy? One of the interesting parts of the book is the staff that Ford had, it could be called the gangs all here. There is Bush 1, Rumsfeld, Cheney, Scowcroft, Greenspan, Gergen, Buchanan and Speaks. This bunch must travel in a pack from one administration to the next. It is a credit to the author that he was able to make the most politically boring time in recent American history somewhat enjoyable and interesting. Although many of the items I found interesting had to do with the old Nixon guard still causing trouble. Overall the book is probably more of an interest to someone interested in the Nixon administration more then Ford.
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