Publisher's Synopsis
Political and historical, Vice Presidents is a first-rate look at the second in command. The book addresses the state of the country at the time these men were in office and features: * An analysis of prevailing political conditions * The opposition * The relationship between the vice president and the president * The political machinations of these men, some of whom became president * A full chronology of the political history of the United States from 1789 to 2000. Vice Presidents has been updated to include a biography of the vice president newly elected in fall 2000 and information on Al Gore's final years as vice president.
