Thanks for the Memories, Mr. President: Wit and Wisdom from the Front Row at the White House Book

Thomas shares anecdotes about covering Presidents Kennedy thru Clinton. In the madness of the current administration I thought it would be interesting to read. Particularly haunting was a scene where a visibly distraught Richard Nixon is rushing through the basement corridor anxious to escape to his private office in the Executive Office Building. Nearly bowled over by the President, the reporter is so undone by the obvious distress of the President that he calls the Secretary of Defense to ensure that Nixon would be unable to unleash war via a command to just one officer. He is reassured that there would have to be several checks and balances.