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Summary: Fabulous look back at recent history!
Review: I found this book very informative. An insiders view of Washington DC politics. I also enjoyed reading about the battle Leslie Stahl had to face to make it in television journalism, a once male dominated industry. Her feelings on that matter are relative to all women trying to work in male dominated fields. Her experiences give women insight on how best to deal the challenge of working in certain professional industries. This book is well written and easy to read.
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Summary: The book about NOTHING but Leslie Stahl problems...
Review: I have specialy borrowed this book as my hobby is US politics. And such a great disapointment ;< Badly written book about miss Stahl problems. And she have plenty of problems in fact - her children, her lack of knowledge aven lack of the elementary culture... Why on the earth she shows herself on TV? And who writes what she reads to the TV camera? May be next time she ought to ask the same person to write her a book?
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Summary: Ms.Stahl, you need to get some History classes
Review: I have to admit that I have not read the book. But on other other hand, one, who writes LIES, and I am refering to a "piece of history" on page 346 does not deserve to be read at all. Regardles how brilliant that person maybe.
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Summary: VERY GOOD- WELL WRITEN-- INTERESTING YO READ- I RECCOMMENDIT
Review: I HIGHLY RECCOMMEND THIS WELL WRITTEN BOOK OF MS. STAHL REPORTERS MEMOIRS WHILE AT THE WHITEHOUSE. I FOUND IT INTERESTING ALL THE LITTLE THINGS THAT WENT ON BEHIND THE SCENES THE PUBLIC NEVER KNEW, LIKE NANCY REAGAN NOT ALLOWING MRS. BUSH WEAR RED WHILE SHE WAS IN THE WHITEHOUSE! AND THE FACT REAGAN WASN'T HIMSELF THE LAST YEAR HE WAS PRESIDENT I THOUGHT IT BECAUSE I'D SEE HER TELLING HIM WHAT TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS HE DIDN'T HEAR OR KNOW WHAT TO SAY. HIS MEMORY WAS GOING EVEN THEN AND WAS COVERED UP VERY GOOD FOR THE PUBLIC NOT TO REALLY KNOW FOR SURE UNTIL HE GOT OUT OF OFFICE. IT'S A BOOK ALL WOULD ENJOY READING.
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Summary: A must for news junkies!
Review: I read this book in record time. Lesley has a way of cutting right to the bone which is appreciated in an author. Instead of some bathering prose about "when I was a young girl, I always dreamed of...", Stahl starts the book out at the age of 30...and being cheated on my her no-good boyfriend! Fabulous! I couldn't put this one down.Organized according to presidential administration, it gave a lot of insight and background into what makes the president, his wife and their henchment tick. She talks about the competition between TV anchor and how hard it is to get the news fast, accurate and red-hot. Stahl also doesn't mind digging into her own fears and adversities - as a wife, a mother, a professional. Her candor is infectious.
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Summary: Endlessly Interesting, Well-written and Organized
Review: I really enjoyed this book. It's organized by presidency, with the section on Reagan probably the most fascinating. Ms. Stahl does a superb job here.
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Summary: Thanks for showing women the struggle to succeed can be won
Review: I was fascinated by Stahl's book from beginning to end, especially since I've read all the Cronkite, Brinkly and other such memoirs reporting in the World War II and Vietnam eras (before my time and during my childhood). This is about MY generation - the first election in which I was eligible to vote was for Carter in 1976. I could relate to the first chapters on Watergate and understand the improtance of Stahl's role in taking a story no one at the time but Katherine Graham had faith in covering, and insisting to her "handlers" at CBS that this was important. I thought every one of Stahl's portrayals of the presidents, their wives and the "hangers-on" balanced admirably their human faces and foibiles with the strengths and shortcomings of their poltiical, policy and command decisions. She applied the same rigid standards of reporting to her personal life, telling us about her insecurities on the job, her family and marital difficulties, and her volatile self-esteem. Ultiamtely, I think I carried this book around with me reading at every chance I had because of what Leslie so admirably portrayed - a woman, fighting twice as hard as a man, to overcome all the negative "baggage" of gender issues and their cultural context in journalism. She made it to the top of her profession without losing marriage, family and self-respect. All of us professional women trying to do the same in our own arenas need to learn from her success the hard lesson she learned - you can "have it all" if you grit your teeth and get down to business. There are prices to pay and she's paid them in full. Thanks, Leslie for the example and the encouragement.
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Summary: Nothing Earth Shaking Here
Review: I was generally disappointed with Stahl's book. As a political junkie who reads just about every tell-all book penned by former White House aides and correspondents, I expected a more revealing look at the Carter and Reagan years. About the only real eye-popper was Stahl's account of her farewell meeting with Ronald Reagan in the Oval Office in 1986. According to Stahl, Reagan was clearly in the midst of an Alzheimer's episode when she and her family walked through the door. Although she had covered Reagan for nearly six years and he knew her well, Press Sec'y Larry Speakes had to yell his introduction ("Mr. President, this is Leslie Stahl of CBS News!") into Reagan's ear. The President looked befuddled, Stahl reports, and plainly did not recognize her. This frightening and extremely uncomfortable episode lasted several minutes, until the fog slowly began to lift and Reagan returned to normal. To my knowledge, this is the first time anyone who worked inside the Reagan White House has reported seeing firsthand evidence of his Alzheimer's disease while he was still in office. I suspect that Nancy Reagan and other close staffers (like Meese, Deaver and Baker) were well aware of these episodes and tried their best to cover them up lest the country learn the awful truth. My favorite anecdote from the book: Sam Donaldson yelling a question to the partially-deaf Reagan as the President walked outside the White House. The question? "Mr. President, did you know that 90% of all men masturbate in the shower?" Reagan, cupping his ear to hear, replies: "No, Sam, I didn't know that." But these two amazing stories are more the exception than the rule. Generally, the book just comfirms what we've heard earlier in other White House tell-alls.
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Summary: Fascinating look at the life and struggle of a modern woman
Review: I was really impressed with Stahl's book. She writes well, and with brutal honesty, about herself and about the people she came in contact with during her years as a reporter. She doesn't gloss over the mistakes she has made or the problems she encountered. She looks at herself unflinchingly and tells you both the good and the bad. Many times autobiographies won't paint a complete picture of the person, but you get the idea that you really know who Stahl is. Yo also respect her for being willing to show her human side, and to share her mistakes. It helps us "regular people" to know that she is not perfect -- we can all relate to that. In addition, Stahl brings politics to life by sharing some of the background stories, her experiences with famous world leaders, and her struggle with the sometimes overt/sometimes covert sex discrimination she encountered in her travels. This book is well worth a read.
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Summary: makes me glad I'm not a journalist!
Review: I'm currently listning to this tape via the libary for the blind because I have a learning diablility, and I got to tell you she can write! it's a terrific book , very insightful, and very well writen!
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