List of American political memoirs

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The following is a bibliography of non-presidential U.S. political memoirs.[1][2][3][4] Many of them were written by the stated author and one or more ghostwriters.[5]

U.S. Supreme Court[]

  • The Majesty of the Law : Reflections of a Supreme Court Justice (2003; ISBN 0-375-50925-9), by Sandra Day O'Connor, 102nd U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1981–2006
  • Thurgood Marshall: His Speeches, Writings, Arguments, Opinions and Reminiscences (2001; ISBN 1-55652-386-6), by Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1967–1991
  • My Beloved World (2003; ISBN 978-0-307-59488-4), by Sonia Sotomayor, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 2009–Present

U.S. Cabinet[]

Secretary of State[]

Secretary of the Treasury[]

  • Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises (2014), by Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury under President Barack Obama, 2009–2013
  • Dealing with China: An Insider Unmasks the New Economic Superpower (2015), by Henry Paulson, Secretary of the Treasury under President George W. Bush, 2006–2009
  • On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System (2010), by Henry Paulson, Secretary of the Treasury under President George W. Bush, 2006–2009
  • In an Uncertain World: Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington (2003), by Robert E. Rubin, Secretary of the Treasury under President Bill Clinton, 1995–1999
  • In History's Shadow: An American Odyssey (1993), by John Connally, former Secretary of the Treasury under President Richard Nixon, and Mickey Herskowitz
  • For the Record: From Wall Street to Washington (1988), by Donald Regan, Secretary of the Treasury, 1981–1985, and White House Chief of Staff, 1985–1987, under President Ronald Reagan

Secretary of Defense[]

  • Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War (2014), by Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense 2006–2011.
  • Worthy Fights: A Memoir of Leadership in War and Peace (2014; ISBN 978-1594205965) by Leon Panetta, Secretary of Defense 2011-2013, Director of the CIA 2009-2011, White House Chief of Staff 1994-1997, Director of the OMB 1993–1994, Congressman 1977–1993.
  • Star Spangled Security: Applying Lessons Learned over Six Decades Safeguarding America (2012; ISBN 978-0815723820) by Harold Brown, Secretary of Defense 1977–1981, and Joyce Winslow.
  • Known and Unknown: A Memoir (2011; ISBN 978-1-59523-067-6) by Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense 1975–1977 and 2001–2006.
  • Fighting for Peace: Seven Critical Years in the Pentagon (1990), by Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of Defense 1981–1987.
  • The Essence of Security: Reflections in Office (1968), by Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense 1961–1968.

Other Cabinet positions[]

U.S. Cabinet-level administration offices[]

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency[]

Director of the Office of Management and Budget[]

White House Chief of Staff[]

(For the former White House Chiefs of Staff who served in a more senior position, see above)

U.S. ambassadors[]

Heads of federal agencies (sub-cabinet level)[]

White House staff positions[]

(for White House Chief of Staff see "U.S. Cabinet-level administration offices" above)

Miscellaneous[]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Egerton, Charles W. (1994). Political Memoir-essays on the politics of memory. Psychology Press.
  2. ^ Dorothy Hazelrigg (ed.). "Bibliography of Congressional Memoirs-U.S. Senators" (PDF). University of South Carolina. Retrieved November 28, 2011.
  3. ^ Dorothy Hazelrigg (ed.). "Bibliography of Congressional Memoirs-U.S. Congressmen" (PDF). University of South Carolina. Retrieved November 28, 2011.
  4. ^ "Top Ten Political Memoirs". Time Magazine. November 16, 2009. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
  5. ^ Farhi, Paul (June 9, 2014). "Who wrote that political memoir? No, who actually wrote it?". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
Retrieved from ""