{"product_id":"my-presidential-life-the-showdown-at-putins-dacha-and-other-misadventures-on-the-diplomatic-road","title":"My Presidential Life: The Showdown at Putin's Dacha and Other Misadventures on the Diplomatic Road","description":"\"Presidents know these are the people who will drag you to safety in strange hotels and foreign countries, protect your secrets, and make the trains run on time...\"--Marlin Fitzwater, Press Secretary to Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Swift has tales to tell and secrets to spill, and he does it with aplomb and humor.\"--Kirkus Reviews \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Presidential Life: The Showdown at Putin's Dacha and Other Misadventures on the Diplomatic Road\u003c\/i\u003e is a whirlwind tour of a side of presidential history not found in presidential papers or biographies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is a wry insider's look at iconic American presidents on the world stage and the unseen events that occurred off-camera. It's an intimate look at events the public and historians rarely, if ever, see. My Presidential Life is an entertaining and informative account that offers front-row seats to the dynamics of world leaders and events that shaped the world as we know it today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmong the tales told by Judd Swift include an obstreperous Lech Walesa threatening to disrupt George H.W. Bush's mission to end Soviet control of Poland; Peru's Shining Path guerillas setting off a car bomb outside the advance team's hotel; an endless number of supposedly ultra-secret meeting rooms filled with electronic eavesdropping devices; an imperious Franco loyalist who did her best to sabotage a successful summit at El Pardo Palace between Ronald Reagan and the king and president of Spain; and the day Vladimir Putin had George W. Bush trapped inside the Russian president's dacha without Secret Service protection and the man who carries the nuclear football; and many others.","brand":"Lyons Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47993631834301,"sku":"BS-TC0-081486","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9767\/2637\/files\/9781493081486-HD.jpg?v=1786716476","url":"https:\/\/boundigo.com\/products\/my-presidential-life-the-showdown-at-putins-dacha-and-other-misadventures-on-the-diplomatic-road","provider":"Boundigo Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}