Eros And Power

December, 1978

The american presidency tells a ferocious story--of the ferocity with which each man has pursued and held on to power. It is a scarring story--of scars given and received by each President. It is an erotic story, not alone in the case of the Presidents whose private sexual lives have been made public but even more in the basically erotic relationship that somehow operates between an American President and the people. It is a magical story, because by its nature the Presidential function is that...