List of American political memoirs

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)

  • The Clinton Wars (2003), by Sidney Blumenthal, former advisor to President Bill Clinton
  • Nerve Center: Inside the White House Situation Room (2003), by Michael K. Bohn, former director of the Situation Room
  • Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror (2004; ISBN 0-399-15294-6), by Richard A. Clarke, former National Security Council counterterrorism advisor
  • Truth To Tell: Tell It Early, Tell It All, Tell It Yourself: Notes from My White House Education (2002), by Lanny J. Davis, Special Counsel to the President during Bill Clinton’s second term (1996–1998) and currently a member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Board under President George W. Bush
  • Taking Heat: The President, the Press, and My Years in the White House (2005), by Ari Fleischer, former White House Press Secretary for President George W. Bush, 2001–2003
  • Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership Nixon to Clinton (2003), by David Gergen, former advisor to Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton
  • White House Daze: The Unmaking of Domestic Policy in the Bush Years (1998), by Charles Kolb, Assistant Deputy for Domestic Policy under President George H.W. Bush
  • A Political Education: A Washington Memoir (1972) by Harry McPherson, Special Counsel to President Lyndon B. Johnson
  • Behind the Oval Office: Getting Reelected Against All Odds (1998), by Dick Morris, former political strategist to President Bill Clinton
  • What I Saw at the Revolution: A Political Life in the Reagan Era (1990), by Peggy Noonan, former speechwriter for Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush
  • The Ring of Power: The White House Staff and its Expanding Role in Government (1988), by Bradley H. Patterson, Jr., former White House staff member under Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, and Gerald Ford
  • The White House Staff: Inside the West Wing and Beyond (2000) by Bradley H. Patterson, Jr., former White House staff member under Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, and Gerald Ford
  • All Too Human: A Political Education (1999; ISBN 0-316-92919-0), by George Stephanopoulos, senior advisor to President Bill Clinton
  • POTUS Speaks: Finding the Words that Defined the Clinton Presidency (2000; ISBN 0-7432-0020-9), by Michael Waldman, former speechwriter to President Bill Clinton
  • The Greatest Communicator: What Ronald Reagan Taught Me About Politics, Leadership, and Life (2005; ISBN 0-471-73648-1), by Dick Wirthlin, former chief political strategist for President Ronald Reagan, and Wynton C. Hall
  • Remembering America: a voice from the sixties (1988) by Richard N. Goodwin, a speechwriter for John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon Bains Johnson. Also part of Robert Kennedy's and Eugene McCarthy's campaigns in 1968.
  • The World As It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House (2019) by Ben Rhodes, deputy national security advisor to President Barack Obama, overseeing the administration’s national security communications, speechwriting, public diplomacy, and global engagement programming, 2009-17

U.S. Unsorted

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.
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