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The East Wing: Power, Intrigue, and the Untold Story of America's First Ladies

The East Wing: Power, Intrigue, and the Untold Story of America's First Ladies

Moaveni, Azadeh

Hardcover

Biographies GeneralGeneral United States HistoryGeneral World History

Publisher Price: $33.00

PREORDER - Expected ship date October 20, 2026

ISBN10: 1250390249
ISBN13: 9781250390240
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: Oct 20 2026
Pages: 432
Weight: 1.00
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.12 Depth: 9.25
Language: English

Masterful. --Kate Brower Anderson, New York Times bestselling author of The Residence

An in-depth examination of women and power in Washington through the lens of the complex relationship between First Ladies and their staffs by Pulitzer finalist Azadeh Moaveni.

It could be said that every First Lady runs a court--a hub of political power within the White House, a place where enterprising aides vie for influence and patronage, a theatre of intrigue and counsel where great heights are uniquely possible, but so too is ruin. And the First Lady's aides are at the center of it all.

Behind the scenes throughout history, East Wing staffers have boldly advanced civil rights legislation, defused tension with America's enemies, brought more women into government, and backed abortion rights. Their relationships and problems, their management and cultivation of the media landscape and the Georgetown social scene, are at the heart of the forces that have shaped the institution of the East Wing.

In The East Wing, academic and journalist Azadeh Moaveni blends original reporting, including extensive interviews with key players from past East Wings, with expert research and analysis to take readers deep inside the fascinating and high stakes world of the First Lady's office like never before.

Spanning the most defining decades of the twentieth century, from the New Deal era, to the myth-making Kennedys, to the turbulent, MAGA-influenced 2020s, The East Wing is the captivating true story of the First Lady's staffers and their role in the executive branch of governance, as well as the evolution of female leadership in our country.

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