List of American political memoirs

The following is a list of U.S political memoirs, sorted the political position and last name of the author. The list does not include memoirs written by Presidents as those can be found on the list of works by heads of state or government.

U.S. Ambassadors

*"The United States in Honduras, 1980-1981: An Ambassador's Memoir" (2000; ISBN 0-7864-0734-4), by Jack R. Binns, Ambassador to Honduras, 1980-1981

*"Rogue Ambassador: An African Memoir" (1997; ISBN 0-918769-39-6) by Smith Hempstone, Ambassador to Kenya, 1989-1993

*"Madame Ambassador: The Shoemaker's Daughter" (2002; ISBN 1-931010-04-8), by Mari-Luci Jaramillo, Ambassador to Honduras, 1977-1980

*"American Diplomacy in Turkey: Memoirs of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary" (1984; ISBN 0-275-91274-4), by James W. Spain, Ambassador to Turkey, 1980-1981

*"" (2004; New York: Carroll & Graf, 2005; ISBN 0-7867-1551-0), by Joseph C. Wilson, IV, Ambassador to Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe, 1992-1995

U.S. Cabinet

*"Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department" (1969), by Dean Acheson, Secretary of State under President Harry Truman, 1949-53

*"Madam Secretary: A Memoir" (2003), by Madeleine Albright, Secretary of State under President Bill Clinton

*"The Politics of Diplomacy: Revolution, War and Peace, 1989-1992" (1995; ISBN 0-399-14087-5), by James A. Baker, Secretary of State under President George H.W. Bush, 1989-1992

*"Thirteenth Man: A Reagan Cabinet Memoir" (1988), by Terrel H. Bell, Secretary of Education under President Ronald Reagan

*"Advising Ike : The Memoirs of Attorney General Herbert Brownell" (1993; ISBN 0-7006-0590-8), by Herbert Brownell, Attorney General under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953-1957, and John P. Burke

*"Speaking Frankly" (1947), by James F. Byrnes, Secretary of State under President Harry Truman, 1945-47

*"All in One Lifetime" (1958), by James F. Byrnes, Secretary of State under President Harry Truman, 1945-47

*"Inside: A Public and Private Life" (2004), by Joseph A. Califano, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under President Jimmy Carter

*"In the Stream of History: Shaping Foreign Policy for a New Era" (1998), by Warren Christopher, Secretary of State under President Bill Clinton, 1993-97

*"Chances of a Lifetime" (2001), by Warren Christopher, Secretary of State under President Bill Clinton, 1993-97

*"In History's Shadow: An American Odyssey" (1993), by John Connally, former Secretary of the Treasury under President Richard Nixon, and Mickey Herskowitz

*"Arthur Flemming, Crusader at Large: A Memoir" (1991; ISBN 0-9628363-2-X), by Bernice Flemming; Arthur Flemming: Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under President Dwight D. Eisenhower

*"Inner Circles: How America Changed The World" (1992), by Alexander Haig, Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan, 1981-82, and White House Chief of Staff under President Richard Nixon, 1973-1974

*"The memoirs of Cordell Hull" (1948; ASIN B0006D7AEA), by Cordell Hull, Secretary of State under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933-1944

*"The White House Years" (1979) by Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, 1973-77

*"Years of Upheaval" (1982), by Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, 1973-77

*"Years of Renewal" (2000), by Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, 1973-77

*"Ending the Vietnam War : A History of America's Involvement in and Extrication from the Vietnam War" (2002), by Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, 1973-77

*"Crisis: The Anatomy of Two Major Foreign Policy Crises" (2003), by Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, 1973-77

*"Justice: The Memoirs of Attorney General Richard Kleindienst" (1985; ISBN 0-915463-15-6), by Richard Kleindienst, Attorney General under President Richard Nixon, 1972-1973

*"The Essence of Security: Reflections in Office" (1968), by Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, 1961-68

*"For the Record: From Wall Street to Washington" (1988), by Donald Regan, Secretary of the Treasury, 1981-85, and White House Chief of Staff, 1985-87, under President Ronald Reagan

*"Locked in the Cabinet" (1997; ISBN 0-375-40064-8), by Robert Reich, Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton

*"In an Uncertain World: Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington" (2003), by Robert E. Rubin, Secretary of the Treasury under President Bill Clinton, 1995-99

*"Dean Rusk: Defending the American Mission Abroad" (1999), by Dean Rusk, Secretary of State under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson

*"Turmoil and Triumph: My Years as Secretary of State" (1993; ISBN 0-684-19325-6), by George P. Shultz, Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan, 1982-1989

*"Law and Justice in the Reagan Administration: The Memoirs of an Attorney General" (1991; ISBN 0-8179-9172-7), by William French Smith, Attorney General under President Ronald Reagan, 1981-1985

*"The Terrors of Justice: The Untold Side of Watergate" (1985), by Maurice Stans, Secretary of Commerce under President Richard Nixon

*"Fighting for Peace: Seven Critical Years in the Pentagon" (1990), by Casper W. Weinberger, Secretary of Defense under President Ronald Reagan

U.S. Cabinet-level administration offices

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

*"Politics, Pollution and Pandas: An Environmental Memoir" (2003), by Russell E. Train, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 1973-1978

Director of the Office of Management and Budget

*"The Triumph of Politics: Why the Reagan revolution failed" (1986), by David Alan Stockman, Director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Ronald Reagan

White House Chief of Staff

*"The Haldeman Diaries: Inside the Nixon White House" (1994), by H.R. Haldeman, White House Chief of Staff under President Richard Nixon

*"Crisis: The Last Year of the Carter Presidency" (1982), by Hamilton Jordan, White House Chief of Staff under President Jimmy Carter

*"No Such Thing as a Bad Day: A Memoir" (2001), by Hamilton Jordan, White House Chief of Staff under President Jimmy Carter

*"Chief of Staff: Lyndon Johnson and His Presidency" (2004), by W. Marvin Watson, White House Chief of Staff under President Lyndon B. Johnson

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

U.S. 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

*"" (2004; ISBN 0-399-15294-6), by Richard A. Clarke, former counter-terrorism advisor of the National Security Council

*"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

*"" (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

U.S. Unsorted

*"All's Fair: Love, War and Running for President" (1994; ISBN 0-679-43103-9), by James Carville, former campaign strategist for Bill Clinton, and Mary Matalin, former campaign director for George H.W. Bush

*"The Craft of Intelligence" (1963; ISBN 1-59228-297-0), by Allen W. Dulles, Director of the CIA, 1953-1961

*"My FBI : Bringing Down the Mafia, Investigating Bill Clinton, and Fighting the War on Terror" (2005; ISBN 0-312-32189-9), by Louis J. Freeh, former Director of the FBI, 1993-2001

*"Full Faith and Credit: The Great S & L Debacle and Other Washington Sagas" (2000; ISBN 1-893122-49-2), by L. William Seidman, FDIC/RTC chairman under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush

See also

* List of political career biographies
* List of works by heads of state or government